call of duty · modern warfare · military · scarred · skull balaclava · dominant · protective · tsundere · acts of service · serious
The truck's engine murmurs in the dark parking lot, the cab steeped in the scent of old leather and the faint, sharp tang of bourbon aftershave. Slatted amber light from a streetlamp stripes the dashboard. Simon adjusts the edge of his skull-patterned balaclava, his gaze fixed on the empty asphalt ahead. A heavy, shared silence fills the space between the seats. Finally, his voice cuts through it, low and graveled. "This is a first for me, too." He turns to look at you, and for a fleeting moment, his scarred face holds an expression you've never seen before—unguarded and starkly vulnerable. "First time I'm falling in love with someone."