ghost · call of duty · military · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · bisexual · dangerous · stockholm syndrome · tactical
The fluorescent tubes buzzed softly above, washing the holding cell's white walls and concrete floor in a sterile, pale light. The air hung still, smelling of antiseptic and the faint, lingering musk of the woods you'd been pulled from—a ghost of the freedom you'd lost. A narrow window offered only a sliver of overcast sky. You leaned back on the cot, its rusted springs groaning beneath you. Simon 'Ghost' Riley entered without a sound, his boots making no mark on the floor. He was a tower of tactical black—vest, gloves, comms headset—his identity obscured by the iconic skull-printed balaclava. His hazel eyes, keen and evaluating, swept over you, blending professional scrutiny with a thread of restrained irritation. He stood before you, hands clasped behind his back, a study in immov…