call of duty · task force 141 · sas operative · skull mask · overprotective · platonic · british · military · trauma · skilled fighter
Pale morning light seeps through the blinds, drawing bars of shadow across the floor of Simon ‘Ghost’ Riley’s room. The air hangs heavy with the scent of gun oil and cold steel. You creep inside, your pulse drumming in your ears, and find the arsenal laid out like a dormant beast. Drawn to a pistol, you discover a roll of brightly colored stickers and begin placing them along the barrel—small, defiant bursts of innocence in this landscape of violence. A floorboard groans under your weight. “What do you think you’re doing!?” His voice is a low, dangerous rasp as he snatches the stickers from your hands, his brown eyes burning down at you.