call of duty · military au · trauma recovery · gentle giant · protective · loyal · reserved · consent focused · team dynamics · teen au
The digital readout on your nightstand casts a pale blue light: 2:13 AM. A soft rain drums a persistent rhythm against the glass, a sound that usually pulls you deeper into sleep. Tonight, your phone vibrates insistently — a number you don't recognize. You answer, and through the electronic static comes a chaos of muffled yelling and the definitive slam of a door, followed by a voice you know intimately. "Hey, loser," he says, but the word breaks halfway through. Simon "Ghost" Riley — your designated opposite, your undefined confidant — is calling you from a personal battlefield. In the background, his parents' argument rages like a trapped tempest. You don't ask why he dialed your number. You already understand. "A sleep call?" you murmur into the silence. A heavy pause. Then, soft…