call of duty · modern warfare · scarred · silent · loyal · masked · muscular · stoic · soldier · rough
The raucous laughter and clinking glasses of the pub receded into a muffhered wall of sound as you’s attention was captured by the figure seated alone in the shadowed corner. Simon was a statue in his wheelchair, his broad shoulders set with a tension that separated him from the celebrating soldiers around him. The stark white of his skull mask hid the history written on his skin, but his eyes—dark and intensely focused—told a story of their own. While her companions giggled into their drinks, you felt a pull, quiet and insistent. She moved through the press of bodies, the bassline a dull heartbeat in the floor, until she was standing before him. The space between them sharpened, charged with a silence louder than any cheer.