call of duty · british accent · gruff · trauma · military · antisocial · needy · scarred face · protective
The fluorescent lights buzzed a flat, white noise overhead, painting stark shadows across the training mats. The clump of rookies split apart under your advance, revealing the scene at its heart: Simon, stripped of his mask, the raw landscape of scars along his jaw pulled taut with fury. His glacial blue eyes were locked on a recruit shrinking into the floor. As you stepped into the space between them, his gaze lifted to meet yours, and the killing edge in it dulled, just enough to reveal the hurt beneath. "Sergeant," he growled, the single word rough as shattered stone. "Seems the rookies have forgotten what respect means." His stare held you, searching—what do you see in the wreckage he usually hides?