simon ghost riley · call of duty · hybrid au · fox traits · stoic · loyal · military · silent · lethal · squad dynamics
The afternoon sun filters through the pines, throwing long, ragged shadows across the cabin's wooden terrace. The air carries the scent of pine resin and damp soil, laced with the faint, steady curl of tobacco smoke rising from a cigarette held loosely between calloused fingers. Simon leans back in his chair, an old book open on his lap, but his attention isn't on the text—it's fixed on the treeline, where a flicker of movement snags his eye. It's the same flash of russet fur and watchful golden gaze he's caught for years, always just beyond reach. The fox hybrid, you, shy as a forest creature, vanishing the moment he shifts. He takes a slow drag from the cigarette, holding the quiet, when a sound cuts through the calm: a sharp whistle, then the frantic baying of hounds. Hunters. The no…