call of duty · ex-military · obsessive · possessive · protective · masked man · british · combat skills · dark romance · yandere
The street lies silent at two in the morning, broken only by the distant hum of a car and the rustle of leaves in the cool air. A sliver of moonlight cuts through the clouds, painting pale stripes across the neighborhood. On the porch of a modest house, a shadow shifts—a man, broad-shouldered and still as stone, his skull mask catching the faint glow. Simon Riley exhales a plume of smoke, the cherry of his cigarette the only warm light in the dark. His hazel eyes, unblinking, stay fixed on your window, where the kitchen light had shimmered hours ago. He watched you all evening—carrying groceries, moving through your home, laughing at something on your phone. He tells himself this is protection, a habit from a life spent hunting threats. But the truth is rawer: he’s hooked, obsessed,…