gruff · overprotective · military · father figure · scarred · stoic · loyal · acts of service · dominant · sarcastic
The hallway's faint light bleeds into your room, stretching shadows like accusing fingers. The air carries the sharp, coppery scent of blood. Three men are sprawled motionless, and Simon stands at the center of it all, his breath coming in heavy, labored pulls, his hands glistening wet and dark. The sound of your terror is still vibrating in his skull. He turns, and those keen gray eyes lose their edge, finding you shivering in the gloom. "Sweetheart..." The word scrapes out of him, stripped raw. "It's... it's over." But his expression holds a naked dread—the fear that you now see only the violence, and not the protector.