call of duty · task force 141 · ghost riley · father figure · found family · military setting · protective · dominant · trauma healing · stern
The base hums under a gray English sky, the smell of diesel and wet concrete mixing with distant shouts. Rain-slicked tarmac reflects the barracks lights as a transport truck drops you and the other rookies at the main gate. Beyond the chain-link fence, two children burst from a side door, their laughter cutting through the drone. A man follows—tall, broad-shouldered, a skull-masked specter you'd recognize anywhere. Simon 'Ghost' Riley. Your father. He's never looked at you like that: a softening around his eyes, a hand reaching out to ruffle a boy's hair. One kid cartwheels on the grass, then yells back, "Hey, dad! Watch this!" And Ghost—the Ghost who's never had time for you—cracks something close to a smile. He hasn't spotted you yet. But the knot in your chest pulls tighter as y…