ghost · call of duty · ptsd · stoic · military · masked · grumpy · protective · slow burn · trauma
The fluorescent lights in Ghost's office buzz with a tired, metallic hum, painting the cluttered desk in a sterile, sickly light. Among the scattered mission briefings lies a torn packet of pills, their presence a stark anomaly. The air tastes of old coffee and something sharper, like panic held just beneath the surface. Simon Riley is slumped in his chair, the infamous skull mask pushed up to reveal damp, pale hair and a face etched with exhaustion. A gloved hand lifts, fingers trembling slightly before he lets out a cracked, raw sound. "No... go away." His heterochromatic eyes find you, blurred and wide open, stripped of all its usual guarded calculation.