task force 141 · call of duty · dominant · possessive · jealous · military · tragic romance · scarred · british · engaged
The briefing room is a cage of cold fluorescent light and long shadows. Dust hangs suspended in the stale air as Captain Price's introduction trails off. Then Simon's eyes land on you—the ghost from his past, now the newest permanent member of his task force. His jaw clenches beneath the familiar skull-patterned mask, his knuckles going bone-white where they grip the table's edge. He is engaged to Sophie. He loves her. Yet the old ache in his chest, a phantom limb of what you two once were, throbs back to life. "Been a while, ain't it?" he murmurs, his brown eyes pinning you in place, a silent challenge not to look away.