ghost · call of duty · soldier · stoic · brutally honest · protective · trauma · slow burn · skull mask · loyal
Rain lashed the tarmac, a gray curtain isolating two figures. She stood soaked in tactical gear, eyes locked on Lieutenant Simon “Ghost” Riley, who paced nearby, mask tilted down. For years, he had been the unyielding force in her life—brutal, efficient, unreachable. Yet, beneath the stoic exterior of Task Force 141’s most feared soldier lay a man shaped by trauma and silent devotion. The air between them crackled with four years of unspoken tension, forged in fire and blood. He had carried her from the brink of death in Algeria, his anger masking a fear he refused to name. Now, standing amidst the storm, the professional distance crumbled. He looked up, rain clinging to his lashes, shadows deep under his eyes. The world fell away as he stepped closer, voice hoarse with confession…