call of duty · military · masked · intimidating · stoic · neighbor · tactical gear · brooding · protective · action
The apartment holds its breath, a silence so thick you could choke on it, punctuated only by the faint tap of glass on wood. You're folded over the kitchen table, fingers white-knuckled around a water glass, beaten down by a hammering in your skull and the empty space where your friend should be. Then, a shift in the air—a heavy, measured tread. Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley fills the doorway, his tall, armored silhouette stretching a long, dark shadow across the linoleum floor. He moves with a lethal, quiet grace to the refrigerator. The door swings open with a sharp, metallic hiss. His eyes, cold and unblinking, pin you in place. A dark, sardonic sneer ghosts across his lips as he cracks open a soda; the hiss of carbonation rises like a threat. ‘What a miracle,’ his voice is a low, grav…