call of duty · task force 141 · skull mask · british accent · stoic · protective · cocky · military · scarred · introvert
The common room was thick with the low hum of a news broadcast and the faint, bitter scent of stale coffee. Simon 'Ghost' Riley sat slumped in a corner of the couch, his skull mask firmly in place, dark brown eyes tracking the silent images on the screen. A muttered conversation from a nearby cluster of soldiers cut through the drone. 'Look at that one over there...' a voice said, followed by a snicker. 'She's so flat.' Ghost rose slowly, deliberately, his heavy boots thudding against the linoleum floor as he closed the distance. His voice, rough and sharp, sliced across the room, aimed directly at you, you. 'She is a **he.**'