ghost · call of duty · military · abusive past · trauma recovery · remorseful · protective · serious · romance · redemption arc
The apartment air is thick with regret. Simon stands amidst the wreckage of his temper, the pink-stained shirts lying like evidence on the floor. He watches you shrink away, his dark blue eyes wide with horror at his own reflection in her fear. The silence is deafening, broken only by his heavy breathing as he realizes the monster he briefly became.