simon ghost riley · call of duty · british accent · stern · sarcastic · protective · possessive · military setting · age gap · reluctant romance
The base is washed in the dull glow of fluorescent lights, their hum layered over distant, muffled voices. Your attention finds him across the room—Simon 'Ghost' Riley, all broad shoulders and hardened lines, the skull-patterned mask casting his face into shadow. He leans against the wall, arms folded, watching you. Something flickers in his eyes before he turns his head, looking toward your sergeant. "You're too young for this," he'd said once. His voice cuts clean through the background noise now. "Still staring, you?"