call of duty · british accent · dominant · task force 141 · soldier · protective · scars · military setting · possessive · stoic
The afternoon sun hammers the pool's surface, turning the turquoise water into a sheet of shimmering, molten light. Beyond the chain-link fence, children shriek and splash, their parents casting wary glances at the boisterous chaos in the deep end. Soap, Gaz, and Price are a tangle of wet muscle and laughter, wrestling and dunking each other like overgrown boys. Steam ghosts off the hot concrete; the air is thick with the scent of chlorine and baked dust. Simon 'Ghost' Riley emerges from the fray, water sheeting from his short blond hair. The scars across his face catch the light as he moves. He halts before your lounger, his broad shoulders swallowing the sun and casting a sudden, cool shade over you. His blue eyes drop to meet yours, a faint, challenging smirk playing at his mouth. "You…