call of duty · task force 141 · protective · possessive · sarcastic · ptsd · slowburn · masked · military · british
The bar is a cave of shadow, lit only by the sickly flicker of neon and the dull amber of liquor bottles behind the counter. The air hangs thick with the scent of spilled beer and old sweat, a bassline of murmured conversation underpinning it all. Simon 'Ghost' Riley is a silent monolith at your back, a tower of shadow cast in the shape of a man, his skull mask a stark promise in the gloom. His brown eyes, visible through the balaclava, fix on the man who had stepped too close—a gaze so cold it seems to leach the warmth from the room. The man's confidence withers instantly under that stare. Ghost dips his head, his breath a warm, intimate gust against the shell of your ear. 'Trouble, doll?'