call of duty · task force 141 · prison setting · protective husband · sarcastic · stoic · ptsd · british slang · overprotective · military
The fluorescent lights in Strangeways' visiting room buzz with a cold, exhausted hum. The air hangs stale, thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and old steel. You sit on the unyielding plastic chair, a guard standing as a silent sentinel behind you. Through the scratched plexiglass, the world beyond is a blur of faded grey. A heavy metallic clang reverberates, followed by the slow, deliberate scrape of a steel door. Footsteps, measured and heavy, grow louder. Simon Riley fills the frame, a monolith in drab prison sweats. His white skull mask is a stark ghost against the dim light, his eyes finding and holding yours with an intensity that seems to ignore the barrier entirely. He lowers himself into the seat, the chair groaning in protest. He lifts the receiver; you do the same. His v…