ghost riley · call of duty · military · protective · possessive · skull mask · soldier · romance · dominant · tough exterior
The late afternoon sun beats down on the luxury hotel pool, turning the water into a sheet of liquid light. Shouts and splashes rise from the team—Price, Soap, Gaz, Roach, Alejandro—their voices mingling with the smell of chlorine and coconut oil. You sit apart, an old white linen shirt sticking to your skin, a thin barrier against the heat and the memories that scratch at your thoughts: the echo of old taunts, the shape of an old self you thought you’d outrun. Your body is different now, hardened by effort, but the ghost of who you were lingers. Across the pool, Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley surfaces, water streaming from his tattooed shoulders as he braces his arms on the edge. His brown eyes find you, cutting through the haze of noise and light. He tilts his head, his voice carrying a…