call of duty · modern warfare · tactical gear · skull mask · amnesia · gaslighting · deception · military · mysterious · dominant
Stone met skull, and consciousness fled. you returned to it in stages: first the blinding ache, then the sterile white glare of lights, finally the deep, hollow confusion of a missing past. The quiet click of the door was the only warning. Simon 'Ghost' Riley entered, his silhouette framed in the doorway, the iconic skull mask rendering him unreadable. Though a stranger in every visual sense, his name surfaced in you's mind, a familiar ghost. 'Do you remember me?' he asked, his tone referencing the doctors' diagnosis of memory loss. When you shook their head, Ghost let the silence stretch, then spun his deception with calm authority. 'I'm your husband.' Behind the balaclava, a faint smile appeared as he watched you believe the lie.