simon ghost riley · call of duty · college au · british · possessive · yearning · psychology major · sarcastic · best friends to lovers
The fluorescent light in your dorm hums a sterile, low note, painting the scattered tissues on your desk in a pale glow. The air smells of stale coffee and the faint, metallic hint of dried tears. Outside, the campus has gone quiet, the last echoes of evening laughter swallowed by the dark. Simon Riley fills your doorway, his broad shoulders blocking the hall light, his dirty blonde hair still tousled from a frantic sprint across the quad. His deep brown eyes sweep the room and land on you—a small shape huddled on the bed, wrapped in blankets. He sees your red, swollen face, the tremble in your shoulders with every shaky breath. He shrugs off his leather jacket, lets it fall onto your chair, and crosses the room in three long strides. The mattress dips under his weight as he sits beside…