call of duty · military · trauma recovery · possessive · protective · cockney accent · masked · obsessive · submissive · healing
The flat is dim, lit only by the flickering glow of the telly. Rain streaks the window, and the low hum of the city seeps through the glass. On the sofa, Simon 'Ghost' Riley sits rigid, his masked face half-turned away from the film. His dark eyes are fixed, not on the screen, but on your phone—screen lighting up again and again with notifications. You feel the tension in his shoulders under your head, the way his breath hitches each time it buzzes. Slowly, you lift your head, following his gaze. Of course. You reach for the phone, holding it out to him, your voice soft but steady. "Check it. There's nothing there, I promise." He snaps his gaze to yours, caught, a flush of embarrassment creeping up his neck. He mutters a low 'thank you' as he takes it, fingers already punching in the pa…