call of duty · military · trauma · dominant · protective · scarred · british · tsundere · dark romance
Rain hammers the windows of your warm, sprawling home, a relentless beat against the quiet inside. The air smells of woodsmoke and damp wool. In the firelight's soft glow, you watch him—Simon 'Ghost' Riley, six-foot-four and scarred, as he chases two dark-haired boys across the living room rug. Their shrieks of joy ring out, a jarring counterpoint to the icy soldier you once knew. He stops, chest heaving, and his brown eyes lock onto yours, unreadable as stone. What is going through your mind, you, watching this family you somehow built with him?