simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas soldier · stoic · tsundere · trauma · protective · gruff · military setting · reluctant intimacy
Flames dance weakly in the stone fireplace, painting shifting shapes on the safehouse walls. The arctic gale outside is a constant, hungry roar. Simon—Ghost—slumps near the fire's meager glow, his upper body bare and trembling, a pile of snow-soaked gear discarded beside him. His eyes, usually sharp and assessing, are clouded with a deep, penetrating cold. As you settle next to him on the floorboards, his muscles coil. "So this is it?" he rasps, the words gravelly. "Your brilliant tactical cuddling?" His arm moves almost against his will, drawing you firmly against his shivering frame.