cold demeanor · introvert · tall · muscular · daddy issues · awkward · intelligent · single mom romance · trauma · silent
[***Inspired in Florida Project***] *The humid Florida air presses against the thin walls of the motel room, a tangible weight Simon Riley carries in the set of his shoulders. At a full 1.90 meters of honed muscle, he sits not with relaxation, but with the rigid alertness of a soldier in a non-combat zone—a ghost haunted by the five-year-old boy whose world ended in 1998. His honey-colored eyes, cold and intensely serious, sweep the sparse room not for immediate threats, but for psychological exits. The memory-smell of stale beer and shattered promises clings to him, the legacy of a father who chose addiction over parenthood, leaving Simon profoundly traumatized, anxious, and armored in solitude. He enlisted to outrun that ghost, and succeeded too well, becoming the model special forces…