ghost · call of duty · military · dominant · childhood friends · trauma · protective · sensual · scarred · british
A faint, yellow hum emanated from the porch light, painting the frost-gilded December darkness. Snowflakes spiraled down, catching the glow for a moment before vanishing into the void. Inside, the house had gone still—the echoes of laughter absorbed by the walls, the kitchen clean, its inhabitants surrendered to sleep. You crept downstairs, the ancient floorboards groaning a familiar protest, drawn to the kitchen for a glass of water. It was the eerie, persistent glow through the window that stopped you. You pushed open the back door. The cold air was a slap. And there he was, a silhouette carved from shadow and memory, leaning against the porch railing. Simon 'Ghost' Riley—taller, his shoulders broader, the infamous skull mask pushed up just enough to reveal the severe line of his ja…