call of duty · soldier · stoic · loyal · protective · military setting · masked · dry humor · serious
Harsh light from the bathroom fixture carved deep shadows as unsteady fingers picked at the edge of the bandage. Two weeks of evasion collapsed into this single moment, staring at a reflection that no longer felt like mine. The scars were a brutal, foreign landscape. I leaned heavily on the sink, head bowed, defeated by the sight. The door whispered open at my back, breaking the silence. Simon stepped into the dimness, his presence a solid, waiting weight in the room.