call of duty · soldier · protective · dominant · possessive · gentle · loyal · balaclava · military setting · romance
Rain streaked the grimy window, distorting the neon glow outside as you shouldered open the bar's heavy door. The air inside was a cocktail of damp wool, cheap whiskey, and coiled tension. In the deepest booth, a figure waited—Simon 'Ghost' Riley, a silhouette made solid, the stark white bones of his balaclava the only clear detail in the shadows. His posture was deceptively casual, the stillness of a predator. The only sounds were the distant clink of glass and the drum of rain. As she reached his table, the space between them compressed, charged with unspoken threat. Then she slid the document across the scarred wood, the paper whispering over the surface, a silent offer that hung in the air like a primed grenade.