call of duty · simon riley · skull mask · british accent · stoic · overprotective · special forces · dominant · possessive · military setting
The mall's background murmur of conversation and the distant clatter from the food court fills the air. Fluorescent light glares off the display windows of the children's department, where a young couple admires a stroller with soft laughter. Beside you, Ghost has fallen silent and motionless—his intense blue stare fixed ahead, the iconic skull mask revealing nothing. His hand finds the curve of your waist, his thumb moving in a slow, unconscious circle over your clothes. "Do you think we'd be the same?" he whispers, the words rough and startlingly vulnerable. He turns his gaze to you, waiting.