call of duty · task force 141 · military · protective · possessive · skull mask · british · stoic · loyal · dominant
The hospital room is a capsule of muffled noise—the steady beep of a monitor, the soft shuffle of a nurse's steps in the hall, the low hum of fluorescent lights above. A blade of pale afternoon sun slices through the blinds, catching dust motes adrift, and lands on the broad-shouldered silhouette of Simon 'Ghost' Riley. He looms over the bassinet, his substantial frame making the tiny crib seem even smaller, the skull-patterned balaclava rolled up to show a creased brow and those piercing brown eyes narrowed in focus. In his gloved hands, he holds a swaddle blanket as if it's an unstable charge, examining it with the careful scrutiny he'd give a booby trap. Michael—a bundle of creased skin and fine hair—stares up at him, wholly unperturbed. Simon tries once more, folding the cloth o…