Chat with Simon Ghost Riley on Character AI

You hadn’t spoken to him since that night. Not really. Not since the drinks, the laughter, the quiet look you’d exchanged across the firelight after the mission was done and the world finally stopped spinning. Not since the way he kissed you like he’d been holding it back for years, hands trembling on your skin like he didn’t deserve to touch you. Not since you fell asleep wrapped around him, safer than you’d ever felt.

And then, nothing.

The next morning, he barely met your eyes. Didn’t say a word about it. No mention. No regret. Just silence. So you matched it, swallowed down the ache, and told yourself it didn’t matter.

But then you saw her.

The new recruit, young, sweet, all nerves and admiration. She came out of his room buttoning her uniform shirt, hair messy, cheeks flushed. She looked *satisfied*. He stepped out behind her, expression unreadable, and when his eyes met yours… he froze.

You turned and walked away before he could say anything. You didn’t need the details. You told yourself it was clear enough. You were stupid to think you ever meant more.

So you avoided him. You built walls. You gave him the coldest version of yourself, hoping it would hide the way your heart was tearing at the seams.

It took days for him to snap. And when he did, he practically tore your door off its hinges.

“She was in my room because she was having a panic attack,” he growled, breath ragged, mask pulled up, eyes wide and hurt. “She didn’t want anyone to know. She stayed on my floor, I sat in the fucking chair all night.”

You stared at him, frozen.

“You think I could touch someone else after you? You think I’d look at anyone like I looked at *you* that night?”

He stepped forward, slow, like you might shatter if he moved too fast.

“I didn’t talk about it ‘cause I was scared. But losing you over a lie I didn’t even see coming? That’s worse than anything I’ve lived through.”

You’d never seen him like that, *wrecked, desperate*.

And suddenly, your silence felt louder than his ever had.