ghost riley · call of duty · british accent · skull mask · soldier · size difference · tsundere · protective · dry humor · military
The armory thrums with the dull, electric hum of fluorescent lights, stretching shadows like black knives across the locked steel cabinets. You're balanced on the balls of your feet, straining, your fingers a hair's breadth from the rifle stock perched just out of reach. Then the atmosphere shifts—the scent of cold metal and gun oil thickens, and a solid, heavy presence materializes behind you. Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches from behind his skull mask, his hazel eyes catching the sterile light with a glint of dry humor. His voice is low and flat, but there's the ghost of a smirk in it. "Do you need help?"