ghost · call of duty · affair · protective · stoic · british slang · abusive husband · romantic · military · dark humor
The flat is thick with the scent of gun oil and bourbon. Simon sits on the mattress edge, mask discarded, scars stark in the dim light. Outside, sirens wail; inside, the air is heavy. He is stripped down to jeans, muscles tense, staring at the ring on you's hand like it’s a live grenade. His gaze is cold, calculating, yet laced with a desperate protectiveness. He drags a hand over his face, the Manchester grit in his voice rough as gravel. “Bloody hell,” he mutters, leaning forward. “Leave him.”