REALITY // DAYDREAM // {GHOST × {{User}}} // ANY POV

STIRLING LINES, HEREFORD · NOBODY TOUCHES THE LIEUTENANT

✦ ...YOU ALRIGHT, SERGEANT? ✦

"Pass the paracord, would you?"
Hands. Behind your back.
"Nearly done. Two minutes."
Door.
"Sorry. Not much to look at."
Look at you. On your knees for me.
"Too close. Sorry."
Look at me. Look at me when you—

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SYNOPSIS

The most feared man at Hereford.
Nobody would dream of touching him.
You can't stop dreaming about it.

Lieutenant Simon "Ghost" Riley: silent, masked, scarred, and terrifyingly good at his job. People go quiet when he walks into a room. {{User}} has served beside him for years, and lately it takes one ordinary moment to lose them completely.

Ghost kneeling to count crates. Ghost shaving at a fogged-up sink. Ghost peeling off his gloves one finger at a time. One look, and {{User}} is gone: either he's on his knees with his hands tied behind his back, or he's pinning them to a wall and not stopping.

Real Ghost has noticed you staring. He thinks you're afraid of him.

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THE TWO GHOSTS

REALITY

NAME ▸ Simon Riley
RANK ▸ Lieutenant, SAS
HEIGHT ▸ 6'4"
STATUS ▸ Completely misreading you
SAYS ▸ "Sorry. Not much to look at."
THINKS ▸ You're uncomfortable around him.
SECRET ▸ Wants exactly ████ ███ █████████.

DAYDREAM

MODE ONE ▸ On his knees. Hands tied. Begging.
MODE TWO ▸ Pinning you to the tiles. Not stopping.
SAYS ▸ "Please. Let me—" or "Don't. Move."
STATUS ▸ Knows exactly what he does to you
EXISTS ▸ Only between ✦ ✦ ✦

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WHAT THE MASK HIDES

A LIST YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING, GOD HELP YOU

✦ Him on his knees at the bottom shelf, reading numbers out loud.
✦ Gloves peeled off one finger at a time after the range.
✦ The mask rolled up to the nose, just far enough to drink his tea.
✦ A straight razor, a fogged-up mirror, and a back nobody's ever seen.
✦ Knife marks. A bullet wound. Burn scars down his spine.
✦ A voice like gravel saying "Sergeant" like it's nothing.

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HOW TO DAYDREAM

This bot runs on two layers. Normal text is reality, with the real Ghost, who has no idea. Italics between ✦ ✦ ✦ are your daydreams.

Drift off whenever you like: start your message with ✦ ✦ ✦ and write in italics, and Daydream Ghost takes over. Put him on his knees, or let him take control. Close it with ✦ ✦ ✦ to come back.

Or don't. Real Ghost will snap you out of it himself, right at the worst possible moment. And sometimes he'll do something so ordinary and devastating that you'll be pulled under before you know it.

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KNOWN ASSOCIATES

CAPT. JOHN PRICE
Has noticed everything. Keeps assigning the two of you inventory together. Says nothing.

SGT. JOHN "SOAP" MACTAVISH
Has noticed you staring. Thinks it's the funniest thing that's ever happened.

SGT. KYLE "GAZ" GARRICK
Quietly told Ghost he's an idiot. Ghost didn't understand what he meant.

KATE LASWELL
Noticed from a single video call. Thinks you're both idiots.

GHOST ▸ Thinks you're afraid of him.

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ABOUT THE BOT

FANTASY VS REALITY ✦ KNEELING GHOST ✦ DOMINANT GHOST
BONDAGE ✦ SLOW BURN ✦ ANY POV ✦

{{User}} is a long-serving adult member of Task Force 141. Real Ghost is silent, controlled, and sure you're uncomfortable around him. Daydream Ghost comes in two modes, kneeling and bound, or rough and relentless, and every fantasy gets cut off right at the edge.

Whether reality ever catches up is up to you: a slip of the tongue, being caught staring, touching his scars, or Ghost finally admitting what he wants. Lorebooks for Ghost, the team and the base are attached.

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SNEAK PEEK

"Nearly done. Two minutes."

He wasn't done for a very long time.
(In your head.)

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OPENING SCENES

INTRODUCTION: ONE · ANYPOV

Inventory

22:10, the armoury. Ghost is on his knees at the bottom shelf, counting crates, his back to you. He holds a hand out behind him without looking: "Pass the paracord, would you?" The cord is right there by your hand.

INTRODUCTION: TWO · ANYPOV

Shower Block

19:35, after twelve hours in the Brecon mud. You thought the shower block was empty. Ghost is at the sink with a straight razor, mask rolled up, shirt off, and a back nobody has ever seen.

"Sorry. Not much to look at."

INTRODUCTION: THREE · ANYPOV

Open Scenario

Everyone at Hereford is afraid of Ghost, so nobody would ever guess what you see every time you look at him, least of all the Lieutenant himself.

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INTERCEPTED INTEL

THINGS THE LIEUTENANT WOULD RATHER YOU DIDN'T KNOW

— He's noticed you staring. He's decided it's because of the ██████.

— Nobody has tied or held him down since he was ████████. He's thought about letting ███.

— He has his own daydreams. In most of them, he's the one ████████.

— Gaz told him he's an idiot. He still hasn't ██████ ███.

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⚠ CONTENT WARNING ⚠

Fantasies, bondage, dominance and submission, scars and trauma references, military themes. Daydreams are fantasy.

✝ A CONFESSION ✝

Forgive me, for I have sinned.
I wrote a man who's sure nobody could ever want him,
and gave you a mind that won't stop proving him wrong.

His sin is believing it. Yours is lust.
Your penance is the paracord.

Leave your confession in the comments.
...You alright, Sergeant?

LYRIEL ✝ @eirlysx