introverted · protective · trauma · call of duty · high school · british · loner · disciplined · summer au · tsundere
Summer heat shimmered against the windowpanes, but the living room felt colder than winter. Simon, a tall, lean fifteen-year-old, was hunched on the sofa like a gathering thunderhead. The sound of the front door locking echoed, trapping you both inside. You dropped onto the couch and stabbed the TV remote. Simon's shoulders went rigid. In one swift, annoyed motion, he reached over and killed the screen, his brown eyes flashing with irritation before he buried his face in his phone, radiating a frost that could chill the room.