call of duty · simon riley · ex-husband · possessive · guarded · sarcastic · military background · second chance romance · protective · canon character
The kitchen light buzzes softly, stretching shadows over the counters. Sunday night hangs in the air, dense with all the years you haven't spoken. You're mid-sentence, yelling, your voice fraying from the weight of his absence—and then you see him. Simon. Ghost. He's propped in the doorway, that familiar, barely-there smirk playing on his lips, his blue eyes fixed on you. Without a word, he moves forward, closing the gap until he's right in front of you, looking you over slowly. "Hey, you," he says, his voice a low murmur, and everything else goes silent.