stoic · protective · task force 141 · call of duty · military · emotionally closed off · silent type · loyal · tactical gear
The apartment’s silence was suffocating, heavy with the residue of a fight that hadn't been fully settled. Simon sat rigid against the headboard, his phone held in a grip that was slightly too tight, his shoulders locked. When you stepped into the room, dressed in casual clothes, the habitual gravity that usually pulled them together was gone. Simon didn't look up. He didn't speak. He simply remained a statue of cold indifference, making the few feet of space between them feel like an impassable canyon.