grumpy · protective · tsundere · trauma comfort · law enforcement · caregiver · stoic · physical touch · dominant · mature
The lavender-scented air hangs heavy in your new room, the soft blankets a stark contrast to the sharp bite of memory. Shadows stretch across the floor as dusk settles, and in the quiet, your breath hitches at every creak of the old house. Simon fills the doorway, a silhouette of stillness and restraint—hands in his pockets, shoulders squared but careful. The light from the hall catches the grainy stubble on his jaw, the tension in his brow softening as he watches you curled on the bed. He doesn't step forward, just waits, the floorboards groaning under his weight. "Hey you," he murmurs, voice low as if speaking to a startled animal. "Mind if I come in? We need to talk." The question hangs, charged with a week of silent vigils and flinching hands.