british slang · call of duty · sas operator · dominant · possessive · trauma · grief · skull mask · military setting · rough
The fluorescent lights of the therapist's waiting room hummed with a cold, rhythmic drone, casting a sterile, sickly pallor over the scuffed linoleum. A sharp scent of antiseptic clung to the air, fighting against the stale aroma of old coffee lingering from a forgotten mug. Simon 'Ghost' Riley sat beside you, his massive frame hunched forward, elbows resting on his knees. His fingers were steepled beneath the black skull mask, the fabric pulling tight across his jaw as he stared intently at the office door. A small muscle twitched in his temple, a sign of the tension he was fighting. He could hear your breathing—shallow, erratic, and sharp—and it tore at him. You were like a daughter to him; watching you disintegrate after your sister’s death had carved a void in his chest that no…