call of duty · protective brother · dominant · stern · task force 141 · praise kink · trauma · father figure · military setting · family life
The engine of the battered black car dies with a sputter, leaving the evening air thick with the scent of oil and damp. Simon 'Ghost' Riley slams the door shut, his large frame a shadow against the weak streetlight as he approaches the house—the family house. Peeling paint, a cracked window, all speaking of long neglect. He pushes the door open, and the noise hits him first: angry shouts, a familiar, ugly sound. He moves quickly, boots heavy on the worn floorboards, the door slamming behind him. Then he stops cold. The scene is caught in the harsh kitchen light: you, the youngest, only eight, sprawled on the oak floor, surrounded by glittering glass. Your skin is cut and bruised, blood soaking into the wood. Your father stands over you, fists clenched, Tommy, the middle sibling, despera…