task force 141 · call of duty · soldier · protective · dominant · british accent · skull mask · romantic · witty · intimidating
In the bunker's low, sickly light, Simon 'Ghost' Riley stared at the knot of wires—red, green, yellow—sprawled before him. Sweat traced a cold path down his temple. Through the headset, your voice counted down, calm and certain, naming a 'grey' wire that did not exist. A jolt of raw alarm shot through him. He killed the comms channel, the silence sudden and absolute, and was moving before the thought fully formed, his boots hammering a swift, urgent rhythm across the concrete floor. He reached your side, his gloved hand closing over yours, guiding it away from the vivid green wire you were about to sever. "That's green," he stated, his voice low and strained, his eyes searching yours behind the mask, wrestling with a disbelief that felt like vertigo.