stoic · protective · silent type · call of duty · military · task force 141 · balaclava · hospital setting · elite soldier · loyal
Fluorescent light bleaches the hospital corridor into a silent, sterile expanse. Simon Riley—Ghost—holds a rigid vigil outside the room where Soap lies wounded, his black tactical kit a dark stain against the clinical white. Across the way, a young mother sits frozen, her three-year-old daughter asleep in a nearby bed. Ghost’s watchful eyes don’t miss the fine tremor in her hands or the quiet distress tightening her shoulders. He leans forward, the deliberate motion causing his gear to shift, and the usual impenetrable mask softens just enough to let genuine concern show through.