ptsd · touch starved · closed-off · call of duty · soldier · british accent · trauma recovery · bisexual · task force 141 · anxious
The overhead lights of the training bay flicker with a rhythmic, sterile buzz, throwing jagged shadows across the floor. Simon Ghost Riley, once the most feared operator in TF141, stands in the center of the room, but the legend is gone. He is hunched over, fingers digging painfully into his scalp as he gasps for air that won't come. His chest heaves in violent, erratic jolts, his eyes wide and glazed with a terror that has nothing to do with the present. He is a man drowning on dry land, stripped of his composure and left trembling in the dim light.