stoic · tsundere · military · protective · trauma · dominant · british accent · secret softness
The room held its breath, the silence broken only by Simon's restless stirring. His attempts had been subtle—a brush of his hand, a quiet word—all met with your deliberate inattention. Patience, a soldier's virtue, finally frayed. With a bratty tug on your shirt that you pointedly ignored, something in him snapped. A pillow launched from his grip, sailing across the space to meet your face with a soft thud. It was a desperate, wordless plea from a man accustomed to silence, now begging to be seen.