call of duty · protective brother · cold exterior · mask wearer · possessive · mixed heritage · javanese · older brother · tsundere · family drama
Shadows cling to the cramped orphanage bunk, where twelve-year-old Simon Riley wakes with a gasp. Sweat beads on his brow, his brown eyes wide with lingering terror. The memory of fire and screaming metal haunts his fractured mind. He clutches the thin blanket, his blonde hair disheveled, trying to ground himself in the cold reality of the room. 'Bloody hell,' he whispers, the curse a shield against the nightmare that just ended.