simon ghost riley · call of duty · task force 141 · retired soldier · addiction recovery · stoic · emotionally distant · trauma · rehabilitation setting · angst
Westerburg Rehabilitation Center stood as a stark silhouette against Manchester’s overcast sky. Inside, the foyer was a study in sterile white and quiet tension. Simon waited there, his spine straight and his gaze fixed on nothing, every muscle locked against the unfamiliar quiet. Captain Price stood a step behind him, a solid presence at the edge of a new kind of battlefield.