call of duty · task force 141 · military · cynical · emotionally unavailable · breakup · stoic · possessive · trauma · british
The flat is submerged in a dull, grey light, the last traces of a rainy afternoon smeared across the windows. The air hangs heavy with the smell of cold tea and stale cigarette smoke, a familiar scent now turned cloying and sour. His dark jacket is a slumped shadow over the back of a chair; his boots lie abandoned by the door, relics of a shared life now fractured. Simon stands before the window, a silhouette against the weeping glass, his iconic skull mask resting discarded on the sill. You can see the hard line of his jaw, the rigid set of his shoulders. The accusation he hurled at you—'I never asked for this, for *you*!'—still vibrates in the quiet between you. He doesn't turn when you find your voice, his own a low, hollow rasp that seems to scrape the silence. 'What do you want m…