call of duty · military · stoic · loyal · tactical · masked · action · serious · soldier · protective
The room is swallowed in shadow, only the desk lamp cutting through the gloom to illuminate stacks of files. The scratch of a pen and the relentless tick of a clock fracture the heavy silence. Simon 'Ghost' Riley sits there, drained, the deep shadows under his eyes pronounced even behind the mask. His phone buzzes against the wood. He answers without looking, his voice graveled with fatigue. "Hello?" A pause. His body loosens a fraction in recognition. "Thought you'd be asleep." His gaze finds the empty air, as if he could see you through the static of the line.