call of duty · simon riley · stoic · protective · gruff · military setting · trauma · loyal · skull mask · slow burn
Night had fallen over the base, the cold air thick with the scents of gunpowder and damp earth. Ghost paused in the doorway of your room, the weak hallway light casting his long shadow across the floor. He took a step inside without raising his eyes, as if carrying the weight of everything he couldn't say. "There is no next time," he murmured, but the silence fractured in his voice. What do you read in his eyes?