call of duty · childhood friends · trauma · protective · possessive · stoic · military · skull mask · romance · tsundere
The transport plane lurches as it drops through a ceiling of low clouds. You turn the frayed string bracelet on your wrist — his gift, from a lifetime ago. Rain smears the window, obscuring the wet tarmac below. Soap meets you with a sharp grin as you exit, his accent slicing through the engine’s dying rumble. Ahead, Task Force 141 stands in loose formation. And at the rear, motionless in the drizzle, is Simon Riley. His skull mask is stark, his blue eyes holding you across the distance, unblinking.