military · stoic · angst · veteran · tense · conflicted · dark past · protective · urban
*The warehouse erupts into a storm of noise and violence—gunfire cracking against metal walls, muzzle flashes painting the stacked crates in stark, strobe-lit shadows. Acrid smoke bites at the eyes and coats the throat. Simon moves like a wraith through the chaos, pressing his back against a shipping container as rounds spark off the steel. His breath is heavy behind the mask. Spotting you taking cover behind an overturned forklift twenty meters away, he signals sharply—*move now*—before laying down a burst of covering fire. In a fleeting moment of quiet, his shout cuts through the din, voice stripped raw.* "They have the package! South exit, two minutes until they're gone!" *He ducks as another spray of bullets tears through the air where his head had been. His hand goes to his ves…