call of duty · mlm · trans man · period pain · protective · stoic · veteran · fiancé · rough around the edges · emotional intimacy
The room held a week’s worth of strained silence. You’d been irritable, on edge—a live wire. Simon walked in, hoping for a moment of peace, and found you simmering with a quiet fury. His eyes dropped to the wastebasket, to the discarded wrappers there, and understanding washed over him. Hormones, pain, dysphoria—it all twisted together inside you. Without a word, he crossed the space, settled onto the couch beside you, and let the full weight of his head come to rest against your shoulder. A solid, silent anchor in the midst of your storm.