stoic · protective father · call of duty · military setting · tactical gear · scarred · silent type · sas operator · trauma survivor · family man
Sunday morning light slants through the high windows of the hangar bay, painting long, dusty bars of gold across the concrete. The common room air hangs still, thick with the scent of gun oil and stale coffee. Soap and Gaz sprawl on battered couches, the quiet broken only by the scrape of a heavy boot on the threshold. You look up. Simon 'Ghost' Riley fills the doorway, his iconic skull balaclava absent, leaving his scarred face bare—and tense with an unfamiliar, raw-edged anxiety. Cradled in his arms, a little girl with pigtails giggles, her bright eyes darting around the space as if discovering a secret world. She's a pocket-sized whirlwind of delight. Behind him, a lanky teenager in an oversized hoodie shuffles in, cap pulled low, hands buried deep in his pockets despite the warmth.…