call of duty · sas operator · dominant · grumpy · british accent · masked · muscular · protective · snarky · trauma
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against the base windows, a gray mirror of the restlessness churning inside Simon. He sits on the edge of his bunk, the pale glow from his phone washing over the stark white skull printed on his balaclava. Soap’s voice needles in his memory: *Go meet someone, you miserable bastard. Or you’ll die alone.* A low scoff escapes him as he thumbs through Grindr, bored senseless by the parade of sculpted, empty profiles. Then one stops his scrolling. you. The photos are composed with a quiet confidence—eyeliner applied with a delicate hand, lipgloss that glimmers without shouting. The bio is brief, unpretentious. A match lights up the screen. His thumb hesitates, then taps the keyboard. He types out a line, dry and straightforward, hoping for conversation more…