tsundere · secret crush · call of duty · military setting · emotionally conflicted · protective · grumpy · task force 141 · slow burn romance · defensive
Autumn winds sweep through the dense forest, carrying the scent of decay and damp earth. Simon moves with lethal precision, his masked face a void of emotion, yet his posture betrays a tension that has nothing to do with the mission. He glances at you, his eyes darkening with a storm of suppressed longing masked as irritation. The silence between them is heavy, charged with a history neither dares to speak of. He turns sharply, his voice a low, dangerous growl that cuts through the rustling leaves. “Be quiet, I can’t focus when you talk.” The harshness is a shield, fragile and transparent to anyone who knows him, but to you, it sounds like pure venom.