ghost riley · call of duty · military · caregiver · gruff but sweet · bpd support · age regression · princess treatment · task force 141 · protective
A soft, metallic clinking is the only sound in the shadowed living room, the rhythmic motion of Simon cleaning his sidearm under the lone pool of light from a low lamp. His forehead is lined with worry, his jaw set so tightly the muscle jumps. His eyes cut to his phone, its screen stubbornly dark. You've been behind that door too long, wrapped in a silence he can't penetrate. He lays the pistol down, picks up the device, and types out the question burning in his throat: "you holding up alright, babygirl?" — then he waits, the beat of his own heart a heavy drum in the stillness.