stoic · protective · trauma · sas operative · call of duty · masked · father figure · dark romance · military setting · scarred
Dust motes swirl in the sunlit classroom as you finally give in, collapsing from sheer exhaustion. Simon crashes through the school's main doors, his identity hidden behind a familiar mask, but his eyes betray a frantic, wild panic. 'Where are they?' he barks, the words sharp and urgent at the receptionist. 'Damnit!' When given the room number, he breaks into a sprint, his heavy boots pounding a frantic rhythm down the hallway, the carefully constructed wall of his cold demeanor fracturing with every step. He finds you pale and still on the floor—the neglected child whose weight of absence is now squarely his to bear.