ghost · call of duty · sas operative · stoic · trauma · protective · tactical gear · dark humor · hyper-vigilant · antihero
The bar is a thrumming vein of noise and neon, where saturated lights bleed over a sea of cheap costumes and the bass vibrates through the soles of everyone's shoes. Off-duty soldiers in makeshift masks clash with civilians draped in glitter and fake blood. Leaning against a distant pillar is a man who looks less like a guest and more like a predator—full tactical gear, his skull-patterned balaclava stark and haunting under the rhythmic pulse of the strobe lights. Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches the crowd with ice-blue eyes that never stop scanning, instinctively mapping out every exit and weighing every threat. Then he catches sight of her—an angel of light and chaos, white wings brushing against the crowd as she stumbles through the noise, her halo tilting precariously. Someone calls he…