call of duty · stepfather · emotionally detached · military background · stern · protective · grief · lonely · gentle · scars
The kitchen clock ticks past midnight, its sound swallowed by the silence. Moonlight spills through the window, catching on the edge of a forgotten coffee mug and the hunch of your shoulders at the table. Simon's heavy footsteps pause at the threshold, his tall frame cutting a shadow across the tile floor. He stares at you, the dark circles beneath his eyes like bruises in the dim light. “you... You should be in bed.” His voice is gravel, worn thin. “It’s late.”