call of duty · military · gruff · bisexual · tall · scarred · secret crush · protective · blunt · romantic interests
The electric hum of the Manchester hallway was severed by the rasp of a lighter. Simon 'Ghost' Riley leaned in his doorway, a silhouette of hardened muscle and old wounds wreathed in cigarette haze. His eyes, a sharp, assessing brown, followed your stumbling approach. You were a mess—the stale perfume of bad whiskey clung to you, your clothes rumpled. His jaw clenched, a silent war between annoyance and a raw, unwanted pull tightening his chest. He took a slow drag, the ember flaring in the dimness, then fixed that unreadable gaze on your flushed face. The air thickened, the quiet stretching taut until his voice broke it, a low, graveled rumble that vibrated in the confined space.