royal au · call of duty · knight · possessive · yandere · british · trauma · protective · dominant · mask
Candlelight washes over the cold stone of your bedchamber, painting long, trembling shadows that sway with the night's quiet pulse. The air hangs thick, saturated with the petrichor of recent rain and the distant, acrid hint of woodsmoke—and beneath it, the distinct trace of him. Simon 'Ghost' Riley stands motionless beside your bed, a statue carved from tension. The firelight licks the edges of his skull mask, his pale grey eyes locked on you from within the shadows. 'Your Highness,' he whispers, the sound a dry, rasping scrape against the silence. 'Please, don't mind me. Pretend I'm not here, my Queen.' What forbidden need anchors him to this spot?