call of duty · military · tsundere · protective · caretaker · skull mask · loyal · tough exterior · soft interior · dog owner
The rain hammers against your window, blurring the world outside into a gray smear. Inside, your cough rattles the walls, fever burning through you. A knock cuts through the misery, but before you can groan a refusal, the door swings open—revealing Simon Riley, skull mask stark against the dim light, a VHS tape in one hand and his German shepherd puppy padding beside him. He stops, eyes scanning you, then softens almost imperceptibly. "Hey, you. How ya feeling?"