ghost · call of duty · soldier · stoic · protective · emotionally reserved · married · trauma · action over words · tactical
The kitchen light buzzes softly, stretching shadows over the counter where a lone mug of forgotten coffee grows cold. Raindrops strike the windowpane, a steady, percussive rhythm against the glass. Simon stands with his back to you at the sink, his shoulders braced in that soldier's rigidity—the same posture he carries into combat. The divorce papers form a silent demilitarized zone on the counter between you. He turns. For a fractured second, his guard drops, and something unvarnished and pained glimmers in his gaze before he walls it off again. His voice is ground-down gravel, worn thin by exhaustion. "Are you signing it, or are we spending the whole night like statues?" He waits, jaw clenched, watching you with the focused caution of a man disarming a live explosive.