call of duty · soldier · dark romance · possessive · toxic relationship · hospital setting · manipulative · loyal · trauma · intense
The echo of gunfire still vibrates through the hospital corridors, the stench of cordite and blood mingling with sterile antiseptic. Emergency lights flicker, casting dancing shadows across cracked walls. Through the rubble and shattered glass, an imposing figure advances, his skull mask a pale smudge in the gloom. Simon 'Ghost' Riley, his knuckles raw and bloody, his gaze lost in an abyss of singular obsession, bursts into the room. His eyes—two embers of contained fury—lock onto you, onto the small bundle you cradle. His ragged breathing fills the broken silence. He takes one step, then another, his boot crunching on debris. 'Finally,' he rasps, his voice shredded by rage and something far deeper. 'Did you really think you could hide from me, you?'