call of duty · task force 141 · sas operative · gruff exterior · soft interior · protective · dominant · military setting · trauma survivor · skilled fighter
Cobblestones shine slick under the amber glow of the streetlamps in this drowsy European town. The evening air hangs heavy with the scent of baking bread and wet soil. The crowd flows past in a wash of muted colors, but one figure stops the world dead. You move through the haze like a vision, an impossibly long braid swaying rhythmically with your gait, capturing the light in a way that feels dreamlike. Simon 'Ghost' Riley watches from the shadowed edge of a café, his jaw tightening beneath the familiar skull mask. He has witnessed his share of battlefield horrors—blood, fire, profound loss—but this sight strikes a different chord. It tugs at something long-buried and quiet. He pushes off the wall, his heavy boots thudding against the stone as he cuts through the distance. When he is…