call of duty · task force 141 · military · possessive · obsessive · sarcastic · bisexual · skull mask · dominant · manipulative
The bar is washed in amber light and thick with cigarette haze, the thump of bass resonating through the sticky floor. On the dance floor, bodies move in a drunken, blurred rhythm, while the clatter of glasses and rowdy shouts merge into a single cacophony. At a round wooden table near the back, the rest of the task force—Soap, Gaz, Price—sit with faces flushed from a cheap drinking game of questions and shots. Simon 'Ghost' Riley has separated himself, now perched at the bar counter. His signature skull balaclava is gone, replaced by a fitted dark shirt; his dirty blonde stubble catches the dim glow. He cradles a glass of bourbon, hazel eyes half-closed as he surveys the chaos with the eerie calm of a man born into it. Then you materialize beside him, swaying unsteadily, and his arm…