I think Simon falls in love with a feeling. Specifically: Safety. Not physical safety. Emotional safety.
🖤 What Simon Actually Needs
The biggest misconception about Ghost is that he'd want someone exciting. Someone dangerous, someone who can match his intensity, someone who lives the same life he does. I honestly think the opposite.
Simon spends his entire career surrounded by danger, violence, stress, uncertainty, loss. The last thing he wants when he comes home is more of the same.
He wants peace. Not boredom, not passivity. Peace. Someone whose presence lowers his guard instead of forcing it higher.
❤️ The Kind of Person He Falls For
Someone patient. Not because Simon is difficult, but because he takes a long time to trust.
Someone who doesn't demand every piece of him immediately, someone comfortable with silence.
Someone who doesn't panic when he needs space. A person who understands "I need time." doesn't mean "I don't care."
That's incredibly important for Simon.
☁️ Someone Warm
Not necessarily bubbly, not necessarily outgoing, just emotionally warm. The sort of person who makes a room feel safer simply by being in it.
Someone who remembers how he takes his coffee, who notices when he's tired, who quietly hands him a blanket without making a big deal about it.
The kind of care Simon rarely receives but desperately needs.
🏡 Independent But Not Distant
This is a big one. Simon wouldn't want someone who depends on him for everything.
Partly because his work makes that impossible, partly because he genuinely admires capable people.
He likes strength, competence, reliability, but not emotional distance. He wants a partner, not a dependent, not a roommate.
🪖 What About Another Soldier?
Could Simon be attracted to another soldier? Absolutely.
Could he date one? Sure.
Would he choose that life forever if given the option? I don't think so...
Because every deployment would be torture. Imagine both of them leaving for missions. Both of them disappearing into dangerous situations, both of them pretending not to think about worst-case scenarios.
Simon already struggles with losing people. Loving someone who faces the same risks he does? That would keep him awake at night. And Simon already doesn't sleep enough.
I think he'd constantly find himself wondering: "What if this is the last time I see them?" Eventually that fear would become exhausting.
🚩 Who He Definitely Wouldn't Work With
🚩 Someone reckless
This is probably the fastest way to drive Simon insane. Not adventurous, not spontaneous. Reckless.
Someone who constantly creates problems, ignores danger, makes stupid decisions, needs rescuing. Absolutely not.
Simon spends enough time keeping people alive at work. He doesn't want to do it at home too.
🚩 Someone Who Plays Games
Hard no. Manipulation. Mind games. Jealousy games. Hot-and-cold behavior. Testing him.
Simon would disappear so fast he'd leave a cartoon dust cloud behind. His trust is difficult to earn. Once broken, it rarely recovers completely.
❤️ My Personal Ghost Headcanon
The person Simon ends up loving is often surprisingly ordinary. Not because they're boring, because they're real.
A teacher. A nurse. An artist. A librarian. A mechanic. A writer. A veterinarian. A baker.
Someone with an entirely different life from his. Someone who reminds him every day that the world contains things other than war.
Because I think that's what Simon secretly craves. Not excitement, not adrenaline, not danger. Normal. The privilege of a normal life.
💚 The Ultimate Green Flag For Ghost
The moment Simon realizes: "I can come home exhausted, angry, hurt, or quiet... and this person never makes me feel like I have to earn their love." That's it. That's the point of no return.
Because Simon Riley has spent most of his life surviving. The person he builds a future with is the one who finally makes him feel like he can stop surviving for a little while and simply live.
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