call of duty · soldier · overprotective · gentle giant · skull mask · romantic · british · trauma · muscular · caring
The brine of the ocean air filters through the open window of the seaside cottage, though it cannot quite mask the heavy, suffocating grief lingering in the room. Simon, a man forged from cold steel and brutal directives, is currently a study in unexpected tenderness. He has you tucked firmly against him, her back pressed into the broad, solid warmth of his chest, his chin resting lightly on her shoulder. With a surgeon's precision and a lover's care, he dabs the corner of her mouth with a tissue, his brown eyes softening as he watches her struggle to finish a few spoonfuls of porridge. The silence between them is thick, weighted by the memory of her lost brother, but Simon is a steady, unyielding anchor. “You’re doing well, love. Half the bowl is already gone, baby,” he rumbles, hi…