Spark in his eyes || Simon 'Ghost' Riley x reader

1 First Mission

Soap sat in the back of the car with me to get to chopper on other side of camp for a mission. So called 'Ghost' will be joining us. As car came to halt I opened the back to allow other soldiers to get out and I noticed a guy in all black suit and vest get closer to Soap, he also had a skull mask.

"let's get ourself a win Lt. alright, I'll save ya a seat, sir." Soap said confidently, getting into chopper.

"fucking hell" Ghost thought out loud. Then he got radio from Shephard. So this is 'THE' Ghost that will be joining us.

"Lieutenant Ghost, honor to meet you sir" I greeted him once all soldier got off.

"Lieutenant yn, I heard a lot about you when I was ordered to this mission" he said, his voice was robotic and monotone but it still held some emotion.

"could say the same about you, Ghost"

"everything is ready ma'am," one of the mercenarys calls out.

I looked at Ghost "let's go, shall we" and headed to chopper filling with soldiers, his footsteps following behind.

I pulled up video explaining our mission to us.

"Air strikes are hitting enemy positions bordering Al Mazrah." Laswell explained.

"Intel confirms a concentration of AQ fighters converging in the valley. We believe they're protecting something. Surveillance indicates soldiers guarding three structures," satellite picture zoomed in on three buildings.

"Major Hassan may be holed up inside. Ghost, Soap and y/n will lead a Marine Special Operations unit to kill or capture Hassan, tonight. One halo will insert two teams at separate off set points bordering the target area. Bravo team will sweep and clear buildings one and two. Alpha team takes building three." another picture showed elder man with bald head, his name's Hassan.

"All shooter have execute authority but we want Hassan alive for interrogation. And be advised, Major Hassan is AQs lifeline. If he is there, they will die for him. Good hunting." with that screen blackout and these one time devices destroyed themselves.

Me and Ghost had seats at the very end, close to pilots. Now everyone knew what they got themselves into. I kept my composture as we headed to location.

Lt. kept looking at me and the red light illuminated his features and instead of eyes I could only see his skull with deep dark eye sockets. It was kinda strange. I tapped the tip of his boot, to which he done the same. I again tapped his boot but this time it was Morse code.

"is that supposed to tell me something ?" he asked.

"Morse code, I also use other 'codes'. "

"codes or ciphers?" he questioned.

My eyes slightly widen at the question as I give him face of 'you know the difference' but it doesn't last long and I answer him "both but mainly codes."

He gave me a court nod and silence fell over us again but that didn't stop him from looking at me. We neared to first landing coordinates for bravo team.

As lieutenant starts to get up I catch his eyes on me again.

"Good hunting," and gave him a small smile though he couldn't really see it through my mask.

"Thanks, you too"

"Bravo team offloads here. Alpha team stays on board to land down rage. Both teams meet in the middle. Remember we want Hassan alive but this is capture or kill." he said.

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We took off and made our way to second coordinates for landing.

Out of nowhere we got hit, helicopter started uncontrollably spinning and I could see the scared faces of the soldiers some of them falling out as cargo was open and they weren't in their seats.