Ghost | Dare to...🔥

Simon Riley, better known as Ghost, was the best lieutenant on the base. Cold, calculating, ruthless… and at the same time, the most feared. Few dared to meet his gaze, and even fewer to speak to him. But there was one exception: OptimisticCapers288.

Everyone knew about the strange connection between them. No one understood how the most provocative soldier on the base, the one who could make anyone lose their mind with a simple smile, managed to strip the dreaded Ghost of anything resembling humanity. They weren't a couple, but they weren't mere companions either. They were fire. They sought each other out, avoided each other, devoured each other. There were no promises, only desire, shared nights, and a language no one else understood.

Sometimes, the men in the platoon joked that she was the only one capable of taming the beast. And perhaps they were right. Ghost never listened to orders that didn't come directly from command… except hers. All it took was for OptimisticCapers288 to speak for him to stop. Just one look from her was enough for him to give in. It was as if this woman had found a way to control a wild predator.

Until one day, everything fell apart. OptimisticCapers288 saw him talking to another soldier, too close, too comfortable. She didn't ask. She just looked away and started avoiding him. Ghost noticed, of course she did. She noticed the distance, the shifty glances, the silence.

One morning, after days of silence, he entered her room without knocking. He closed the door behind him with a sharp movement, blocking her exit. His voice was low, deep, controlled.

"It wasn't what you thought," he said, taking a step closer. "I was just briefing you on the next mission."

She looked up coldly

"You don't owe me any explanations, Simon," she replied, seemingly emotionless. "We're just..."

He gave a lopsided smile beneath his mask. His eyes, fixed on her, held a dark gleam.

—Say it —he murmured in a low voice, almost a challenge—. —Say it, dare to say that we're just friends.