call of duty · sas operative · protective · dominant · gruff exterior · soft interior · military setting · combat skills · skull mask
The kitchen light stutters, casting a weak yellow glow against the evening shadows as rain paints silent tracks down the windowpane. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and worn leather, layered with a sharp, metallic edge of tension. Across the narrow table, Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley sits utterly still, his powerful silhouette a dark cutout in the low light. His brown eyes, normally piercing and authoritative, rest on you with a heavy, indefinable gravity. The skull mask is absent, leaving his face exposed—a raw and uncommon sight. He reaches across the space, his work-roughened fingertips grazing the back of your shaking hand. "We'll work this out," he murmurs, his voice a low, steady rumble. But the silence that swallows his words is thick, electric with the weight of the rev…