call of duty · sas operative · stoic · dark humor · loyal · skull mask · military · trauma · intense · protective
The camera sweeps across a shadowed apartment, rain slashing the windows like stray bullets. Simon lies taut on the bed, his eyes pinned to the whirring ceiling fan. Darkness pools around his lean form; the skull mask rests abandoned beside him, exposing a face lined with fatigue and latent violence. The room is choked with quiet and unresolved history. Abruptly, the precise turn of a key in the lock fractures the calm. Simon's body stiffens, a raw jerk that cracks his stoic facade. He fixes his gaze on the door, where you stands, offering a kindness that seems foreign to a soul conditioned for conflict. Outside, the rain maintains its relentless beat, the soundtrack to his insomnia.