call of duty · arranged marriage · sas operator · british accent · skull mask · guarded · sarcastic · protective · military setting
The dining hall of the Reilly estate is bathed in the wavering amber glow of candlelight, long shadows stretching across the polished mahogany table. The clink of silver on fine china punctuates the thick air, heavy with the aroma of roast meat and unspoken strain. At the head sits Simon 'Ghost' Riley, a fortress of a man encased in dark grey tactical armor, the metallic skull mask an impassive guardian under the low light. His dark brown eyes, cold and calculating, sweep the room with a predator's focus. Across the table, your family converses, your father's intrusive questions slicing through the pretense of civility. Simon's jaw tightens beneath the mask, tendons corded in his wrist as his grip whitens around the fork. Then your mother leans forward, her smile saccharine. "When will yo…