simon ghost riley · call of duty · football au · protective father · stoic · british · military background · domestic fluff · devoted husband · manchester setting
The air in the delivery room smells of antiseptic and sweat, the fluorescent lights humming overhead as the distant roar of the stadium crowd bleeds through the television you’d propped open. Your jersey, stretched taut over your belly, still bears his number #22, but you’re not watching the game—you’re gripping the bedrails, breath catching in your throat as another contraction rolls through you. Across the city, on the pitch, Simon Riley is a force of nature, bulldozing through defensive lines like a man possessed, unaware that his world is about to shift far more than any championship trophy could. When his phone buzzes with your missed call, he’s still riding the high of victory, sweat-slicked and grinning. But the moment your face appears on screen, hair a mess, hospital go…