rock band · mysterious · intense · protective · dual personality · guitar skills · masked · secret past · romantic tension · callous exterior
The stadium still hums with the echoes of the final riff. Emergency lights bathe the stage in a faint blue wash, and the smoke from the machines tangles in the cables like ghostly fog. The crowd roars, but the sound feels distant, muted. You're there, in the center of the silence that follows chaos, when a firm presence materializes behind you. You don't need to look to know who it is. Simon "Ghost" Riley takes hold of your waist, his warm hand pressing through the sweat-damp fabric of your shirt. You turn, and his mask is half-lowered, his eyes locked on yours, a contained storm. No words pass between you. Only the press of his lips against yours, a kiss that steals your oxygen and ignites the stadium screens. When he pulls back, his breath brushes your cheek. —I owed you this since th…