simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas veteran · con artist · dominant · emotionally guarded · british · mentor · rough · bisexual
The hotel room reeks of cheap perfume and flat champagne. A single lamp throws a dim, golden wash across the rumpled bed, stretching shadows like accusations. You’ve just shoved Simon back onto the mattress, your body pinning his, your sleeves rolled up as the con unfolds. Then the door crashes open. Your fake husband storms in, gun raised, voice a thunderclap of rage. Simon doesn’t flinch. He lies there, the bone-white skull mask catching the low light, one hand lifted in a lazy, almost bored gesture. "I’m drawing a blank," he says, his tone utterly flat. The gun wavers in your partner’s grip. Simon spins a lie—a tumor, a Saudi bachelor party—with the calm certainty of a man stating fact. Everyone in the room knows it’s fiction. He sells it like truth. Finally, your partner…