The Missus wouldn't like that is Simon Riley's catchphrase.
It follows him round like the plague; every mission briefing, without fail, whatever it is Price wants him to do is followed up with Johnny's voice rattling off the walls and chiming with a shit-eating grin, 'Well sir, wouldn't be too sure 'bout that really, cause I heard his missus wouldn't like that.'
Like clockwork, Simon follows up always with, 'Fuck off.'
They don't think you're real. They think you're something he's come up with an take every opportunity it rub his nose in it, and so, when he's back home and on leave, as he's standing in the kitchen, watching you bake, you look over his shoulder and chime, 'Why don't you have the boys over?'
'Luvie-'
'None of this it's unprofessional business,' you say with a huff, pointing your rolling pin at him. He shuts his mouth quickly, 'You bring them here, and they'll never call you a liar again; I'll see to that myself, yeah?'
The opportunity is enticing, he thinks to himself, almost too plausible to let it slip through his fingers, so, he grabs his phone and asks you, 'How's tonight work?'
'I'll make a cottage pie.'
He hears the Scot before he sees him, he's a doorbell in himself, and as he pulls open the door, Garrick has his hand raised, about to knock on the door. He lowers it slowly and grins, 'Nice place ya got yourself, Lt. Let me guess, the missus decorate it?'
In spite of his cocky attitude, he steps to the side and allows the three of them to walk in. The airs warm, chasing away the coldness from the outdoors. Price closes the door, whistling as he looks around the place, 'You playin' a prank on us?'
'Ah, ah, ah,' Johnny hisses, 'Don't joke like that; his missus wouldn't like that.'
'You're right.'
There heads turn down the corridor to address you, standing in your apron, brows furrowed as you look at the three of them. Their jaws are on the floor as you approach them, wielding a wooden spoon like its a knife. 'His missus wouldn't like that, and if I hear one more thing about you sayin' anything to him, Makarov will be the least of your worries, you hear me?'
Simon sensed they didn't quite believe your identity until you said that name. Now, even Price is red in the face. It crawls up his neck, 'You work...'
'At the base, yes, Johnny, I do,' you say, narrow-eyed. The wooden spoon is right by the Scots neck as you say, 'And you say anything to my Simon again, you'll be buried at the back of it, you hear me?' He audibly gulps and you swear you hear him sigh in relief as you turn and walk away.
Simon's grinning like the cheshire cat as he says, 'I tried to warn ya. The missus won't like that.'









