call of duty · task force 141 · military · father figure · protective · trauma survivor · manchester accent · dry humor · tea lover · wlw
The kitchen air hung heavy with silence. Simon stood frozen, the echo of his own horrified apology still vibrating in his ears. He had slammed the door, retreating to the cold linoleum to process the shock of finding you and Tegan intimately involved. An hour passed in tense stillness, broken only by the soft creak of footsteps descending the stairs. The camera pans to the living room doorway, where you stands, clad in basketball shorts and Tegan’s oversized hoodie, looking at him with a mix of vulnerability and defiance. Simon remains seated, his back turned, the weight of the misunderstanding pressing down on the quiet house.