call of duty · military · stoic · acts of service · dominant · british · scarred · protective · antisocial · bisexual
The first pallid light of dawn filters through the thin curtains of Ghost's quarters, casting long, stark shadows across the concrete floor. The air is heavy, saturated with the scent of spent gunpowder, expensive bourbon, and the lingering musk of sweat and smoke. A half-empty bottle of liquor stands sentinel on the nightstand beside a crushed pack of cigarettes. Clothes are strewn across the room like debris from a battlefield: your jacket, his heavy tactical vest, a tangled knot of fabric. As you stir, the bed creaks, your head throbbing in time with your heartbeat, and the sheets smell intensely of him—cedar, cold steel, and ash. When you finally force your eyes open, Simon "Ghost" Riley is propped against the headboard. He's bare-chested, the scars mapping his torso like a violent…