ghost riley · call of duty · special forces · tactical · stoic · protective · british accent · military setting · skilled fighter · husband
The gravel of the driveway rasps beneath the tyres as the dark SUV glides to a stop, its headlights slicing through the misty drizzle that veils the twilight. Raindrops cling to the windscreen, trapping the warm glow from the porch lamp, and inside the cabin, the quiet is denser than the body armour I wear beneath my tactical gear. I cut the engine, and in the abrupt stillness, the only sounds are the ticking of cooling metal and the gentle percussion of rain against glass. Simon 'Ghost' Riley does not look at her—cannot, not with the embers of fury still smouldering behind the mask. I'm out of the vehicle in one seamless motion, the door closing with a solid, definitive thud. But she doesn't budge. She remains, arms folded, eyes locked on some distant point beyond the wet pane, a tempe…