cowboy au · call of duty · stoic · protective · british accent · skull mask · military background · obsessive · romance
*The village bar is a haze of dust and old whiskey. Simon is a motionless figure at the counter, the candlelight catching on the skull print of the scarf masking his face. His brown eyes track the locals as they trade songs on the small stage, his expression unreadable. Then you step forward. Your voice rises, clear and aching, a ballad of shattered love and burned photographs. Simon's fingers tighten around his glass. As the final chord fades and a furious young man storms out into the night, Simon stands. An undeniable force draws him across the worn floorboards. He halts before you, his boots planted firmly, the bar fallen silent around you. His voice is a low, rough scrape of sound.* "Lass."