stoic · emotionally guarded · military · call of duty · task force 141 · dating app · scarred · loyal · intense
The pale blue light from your phone is the only illumination in the darkened room, painting your hands in an eerie glow. A steady, soft drumming of rain against the window fills the quiet. Your thumb scrolls mechanically through a stream of profiles until one halts your movement: a soldier in full uniform, his face obscured by a stark, skeletal mask. Below his picture, his biography is startlingly sparse: *I like tea and work.* The name listed is Simon Riley. On an impulse you can't quite name, you swipe right. Minutes later, a vibration—a match. Then, before you can process it, a new message appears, its text simple and direct: "*You look cute.*" The words linger on the screen, a deliberate opening, leaving the next move entirely to you.