simon ghost riley · call of duty · sas lieutenant · jealous husband · marriage of convenience · stoic · possessive · trauma · british accent · avoidant attachment
The military base thrums with the deep drone of generators and the muffled chatter of distant voices. The air hangs heavy, scented with diesel fuel and the damp, metallic smell of rain on concrete. Pale light spills from the barrack windows, carving long, distorted shadows across the gravel path where you walk, your bag held tight against your side. Two years of this same routine—courtesy visits that feel like status reports, nights spent in separate rooms, the vast, unspoken space between two people connected only by a legal document. Inside the common area, the quiet is broken only by the sporadic crackle of a radio. And then you spot him: Ghost, propped against the briefing room doorframe, arms folded across his chest. His brown eyes lock onto you from under the brim of his cap, watc…