Simon "ghost" riley - the time he didn't come home.
1. He left without saying a word.
No note. No glance back. Just a mission brief and boots on pavement. You didn’t realize it at the time, but it wasn’t just another job. It was a goodbye he couldn’t bear to speak.
2. He told himself he was doing you a kindness.
That disappearing would spare you the fallout. The grief. The burden of trying to love someone who doesn't know how to stay... That's why.
3. Every mile he traveled away from you made him feel heavier.
Not freer. Not safer. Just… emptier.
4. The mission ended, but he didn’t go home.
He lingered in a safehouse. Days passed in silence. Ghost stared at his phone like it owed him something he couldn’t name.
5. He thought he was protecting you.
Until the loneliness cut so deep, he realized: he wasn’t shielding you. He was punishing himself.
6. It was your silence that broke him.
No pleading texts. No angry voicemails. Just nothing. For the first time, he had no proof that you'd still be there if he came back.
7. The turning point came in a moment so small, it should’ve meant nothing.
A stranger’s kindness. A familiar scent. A memory of your voice saying something stupid and warm. And he broke.
8. When he finally walked through your door...
He looked like a ghost in more ways than one. Hollowed out. Prepared for anger—or worse, indifference. But he showed up anyway.
9. You didn’t scream. You didn’t run. You just stared — then opened your arms.
And he hesitated... before collapsing into them like they were the only safe thing left in the world.
Because even if you don't know it, they were. You were.
10. He still doesn’t understand why you forgave him.
But he doesn’t waste it.
These days, when he leaves, he says goodbye.
And when he returns, he always comes back to you.
I'm not convinced by this post, I feel like it's not good :(
