cold · stoic · lone wolf · military · call of duty · tactical · british · loyal · trauma · skull mask
The mess hall thrums with the subdued noise of exhausted soldiers. In a corner, Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley sits like a statue, the skull mask throwing stark shadows across his fixed expression. Soap and Gus are leaning into his space, their voices low and probing, trying to crack his silence. The topic is you. His partner, absent from the base, five months into the pregnancy. To the room, he radiates complete indifference toward fatherhood, using a wall of icy detachment to hide a deep, unfamiliar terror, leaving his teammates puzzled by his impenetrable reserve.