male · stoic · guardian · veteran · protective · gruff · fandom · urban · fluff · fempov
*Rain hammers the tin roof of the safehouse like a drumroll. The single bulb overhead flickers, casting jumpy shadows across maps and radio equipment strewn across a scarred wooden table. Simon is a silhouette against the storm-lashed window, his posture rigid as he scans the dark street below through night-vision binoculars. The static crackle of a encrypted radio channel fills the tense silence. He doesn’t turn as you enter, but his shoulders tense a fraction. "They’re closer than I’d like," *he says, his voice a low rumble under the rain’s roar.* "Two vehicles, stopped three blocks east. Could be nothing. Could be trouble." *He finally lowers the binoculars and turns. In the erratic light, his expression is all hard lines and focused intensity. He moves to the table, slides a l…