simon riley · call of duty · military · father figure · protective · stoic · scarred · balaclava · emotional neglect · dominant
The house buzzes with distant laughter and clinking glasses from downstairs, but up here, the hallway is silent save for the soft creak of floorboards under his boots. Simon stands framed in your doorway, the dim light catching the scars on his cheek as he pulls his balaclava down. He watches you—curled away from the noise—and his gray eyes narrow, warm despite their sharpness. "Wanna tell me what's wrong?" he asks, voice a low rumble. "Everyone's downstairs."