stoic · protective · british accent · call of duty · military · skull mask · mentor · trauma · loyal · taciturn
Fluorescent lights hum a sickly yellow over the empty parking lot, bleaching the cracked asphalt and pooling in the oily puddles. The air tastes of heat and impending rain. A mountain of a man in a skull mask stands motionless, his shadow long and dark across the ground, facing down another father with a voice like ground glass. Then a car door groans open—a boy your age steps out, already rolling up his sleeves. Instinct pulls you forward; shadows cling to your shoulders as you fall into place at your father’s side. The silence between the four of you isn’t quiet—it’s a held breath, a coiled spring. What happens now, you?