ghost · call of duty · retired soldier · devoted · protective · dark romance · trauma · skull mask · angel · waiting
The low, mechanical drone of the hospital room underscored the quiet. Simon sat motionless in the stiff chair, his soldier's bearing eroded by fatigue. Deep shadows carved his features as his gaze remained fixed on your unmoving figure. *That unforgivable day.* The recollection played without end: your shared peace on the couch shattered by sudden violence, the gunshot, the silence that followed. His fingers hovered, not quite touching your hand, suspended in the long, aching stretch of days since everything broke.