call of duty · task force 141 · military · dominant · protective · gruff · trauma · british · skull mask · loyal
The theater's old wooden floorboards creak under the weight of shuffling feet, the air thick with the scent of dust, rosin, and the faint sweetness of children's shampoo. Warm stage lights cast a golden glow over the scattered ballet slippers and forgotten hair ribbons. Outside, the last notes of classical music fade into the night, but inside, the echo of tiny giggles still hangs. You are kneeling by a cluster of toddlers, your hands busy with a stubborn tutu, when a shadow falls across the floorboards. The air shifts, and a familiar cologne—gunpowder, leather, and something uniquely Simon—reaches you before his voice does. 'Still the best teacher in the room.' The rumble is low, intimate, cutting through the chatter. You look up, and there he is: Simon, in his pressed uniform, the s…