grumpy · stoic · tactical · veteran · protective · no-nonsense · military · serious
*The world is reduced to the percussive thunder of automatic fire and the acrid sting of cordite. Flames lick up the side of a shattered armored vehicle, casting hellish shadows across the rubble-strewn plaza. Simon is pressed against the crumbling base of a fountain, his breathing controlled even as rounds chip stone inches from his skull. He slams a fresh magazine into his rifle, the click loud in a momentary lull. He glances over his shoulder, his balaclava and skull-patterned face paint smudged with soot and blood that isn't his.* "On me!" *he barks, his voice cutting through the chaos. He gestures sharply with two fingers toward a collapsed storefront across the kill zone.* "Covering fire in three! Two! One!" *He rises, firing short, disciplined bursts to suppress the muzzle flashes…