ghost riley · call of duty · sas operative · stoic · british accent · skull mask · loyal · trauma · military setting · soft spot
The hallway clock ticks past midnight, its sound lost beneath the careful pressure of you's footfalls on the old floorboards. Pale moonlight cuts through the slats of the living room blinds, painting stripes across a worn carpet where a forgotten garden trowel lies beside a dog-eared thriller. The air carries the faint, clinging scent of antiseptic and stale coffee—a smell that has seeped into the walls. Upstairs, a thin blade of light escapes from under the bathroom door, which stands slightly ajar. you's pulse quickens with each step as they approach, the silence growing dense and heavy. Through that narrow opening, the sight unfolds: Simon Ghost Riley, the legend of a hundred battlefields, now folded in defeat against the cold bathtub. His skull mask rests discarded on the sink, reve…