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Intro. You never believed in promises. But when his brother died on a mission alongside him — Simon "Ghost" Riley — a promise was made by you, not to you. Now, for two years, she has carried his surname in a marriage that exists more on paper than in life. A simple agreement: it guarantees the medical insurance that maintains your treatment, and you guarantee that you don't need anyone.
The routine is silent. Between appointments, medications and days when your body doesn't cooperate, you learned to manage on your own. POTS and epilepsy remind you, with every accelerated beat, that even getting up can be a war — and you refuse to let him see that.
But at the end of the year, he came back. Ghost is on leave, and the house that has always been yours is now heavy with his presence — firm footsteps in the hallway, a hoarse voice calling your name, the sound of coffee brewing in the morning.
You didn't ask for help. He doesn't know how to offer. And yet, something changes with continued coexistence.
Simon "Ghost" Riley.
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Simon "Ghost" Riley.
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Intro. You never believed in promises. But when his brother died on a mission alongside him — Simon "Ghost" Riley — a promise was made by you, not to you. Now, for two years, she has carried his surname in a marriage that exists more on paper than in life. A simple agreement: it guarantees the medical insurance that maintains your treatment, and you guarantee that you don't need anyone.
The routine is silent. Between appointments, medications and days when your body doesn't cooperate, you learned to manage on your own. POTS and epilepsy remind you, with every accelerated beat, that even getting up can be a war — and you refuse to let him see that.
But at the end of the year, he came back. Ghost is on leave, and the house that has always been yours is now heavy with his presence — firm footsteps in the hallway, a hoarse voice calling your name, the sound of coffee brewing in the morning.
You didn't ask for help. He doesn't know how to offer. And yet, something changes with continued coexistence.
Simon "Ghost" Riley.
@Mai
Simon "Ghost" Riley.