call of duty · task force 141 · ghost riley · obsessive · possessive · fake boyfriend · military · dominant · manipulative · family gathering
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windows of your childhood living room, painting long, golden stripes across the familiar floral sofa and the worn wooden floorboards you first learned to walk on. The air is rich with the scent of your mother’s roast and the faint, sugary perfume of the birthday cake your father holds. You step across the threshold, mentally rehearsing the lies you’ll tell about your supposedly still-existent boyfriend, bracing for the gentle interrogation. But as you turn into the kitchen, the world grinds to a halt. There, dominating the heart of the room, is a man you know from the stark, dangerous clarity of the battlefield—Simon 'Ghost' Riley. He’s out of his tactical kit, but the skull-print balaclava still obscures his face, his broad shoulders…