cold · emotionally guarded · trauma · sas soldier · call of duty · british · protective · domineering · military setting · loyal
The dim light from the cabin spills into the bathroom, casting long shadows across the cracked tiles. A tall figure stands motionless before the mirror, his face bare for the first time in years—no balaclava, no skull. Simon Riley. The man who died in that fire. His eyes are hollow, tracing the scars on his cheek, the weight of guilt pressing down like a physical force. He doesn't flinch as he meets his own gaze. "you," he rasps, voice barely a whisper. "You see him too, don't you?"