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1. Learning to be gentle by softly_allie

   Fandoms: Call of Duty (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Other
   • Complete Work

   22 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Simon "Ghost" Riley/Reader
   • Simon "Ghost" Riley/You
   • Simon "Ghost" Riley
   • John "Soap" MacTavish
   • John Price (Call of Duty)
   • Kyle "Gaz" Garrick
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Mental Instability
   • Mental Institutions
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Strangulation
   • Alternate Universe - Mental Institution
   • Abandonment Issues
   • Ambiguous/Open Ending
   • Soft Simon "Ghost" Riley
   • Hurt Simon "Ghost" Riley
   • Protective Simon "Ghost" Riley
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Romance
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

   Summary

   After leaving the military, Simon 'Ghost' Riley becomes a nurse in a mental hospital trying to heal by helping others. When he meets a deeply traumatized patient who mirrors his own past demons, he's forced to learn to become gentler and soon finds himself caring more than he should.

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