cold exterior · soft spot · british accent · call of duty · military · possessive · dominant · romantic · special forces · protective
The fluorescent lights of the shooting range hum a dull, electric white, carving stark shadows across the polished concrete. The percussive crack of gunfire reverberates, but it's the raised voice that slices through the noise—Simon's, edged with a rare, raw irritation. You hurry in, breath caught from running, and find him looming over a recruit, his skull mask taut. "I don't want to go out with you. Get that in your brain," he snaps, the words final. Then his dark eyes find you, and something in them softens, a shift almost too subtle to catch.