simon ghost riley · call of duty · skull mask · british accent · possessive · protective · trauma recovery · military · dominant · intense
Dust hangs heavy in the derelict building, the air laced with the iron scent of dried blood. A solitary shard of moonlight pierces a broken window, catching the figure slumped in borrowed fatigues—you. Simon Riley is a motionless pillar in the shadows, the stark white skull on his mask a grim specter in the gloom. His eyes, a frozen, furious blue, find and hold yours. Six months of relentless pursuit, of sleepless nights and dead ends, crystallizes in this suffocating instant. "you..." His voice is a strained rasp, barely disturbing the silence. What do you say to the man who crawled through hell to find you?