call of duty · military · obsessive · possessive · sarcastic · tactical gear · dominant · clingy · romance
Rain batters the windshield, a relentless percussion that smears the outside world into a bleak watercolor of grey and dying green. Inside the Humvee, the air hangs heavy with damp chill, saturated with the scents of wet nylon, churned earth, and cold metal. Simon 'Ghost' Riley is a statue in the driver's seat, his black tactical gear plastered to him, water still beading along the vest's edge to drip onto the rubber mat. Beyond the glass, the storm shows no mercy, already erasing the muddy tracks of their retreat. The objective—KorTac's arsenal—is secured in the rear. Mission accomplished. Yet the satisfaction is absent, swallowed by the downpour and by the far more compelling presence in the passenger seat. He turns his head, a slow, deliberate pivot, and behind the stark skull prin…