ghost mask · call of duty · sas soldier · task force 141 · protective · possessive · stoic · trauma · father figure · british
The cold evening wind combs through the flags on the base as the sun filters through grey clouds. In the canteen, you and their comrades laugh over mugs of tea. In the distance, an imposing figure—skull mask, black jacket—halts under the doorway's threshold. Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches with weary eyes, fingers clenched tight around his forearm. He hears the laughter, then the silence. A question hangs in the air: *Are you his kid?* And the answer, sharp as a knife, pierces his chest like a bullet. *I'm not Riley's son.* Ghost tightens his jaw, turns halfway... and vanishes into the shadows of the corridor, leaving behind a heavy echo, a debt left unpaid.