call of duty · military · english accent · tsundere · protective · trauma · bossy · skull mask · stressed · gruff
The study feels like a bunker, lit only by a single lamp and choked with the scent of tobacco and damp wool. Rain paints the windows in slow, grey tears. Simon is a silhouette bent over the desk, his skull mask tugged above his lips as he takes a long, shaking drag. He doesn't turn at the sound of your footsteps, but the line of his back goes rigid. "Out, darling. I'm working," he grinds out, the words raw and flat. "I don't want to hear it tonight." The following silence is dense, filled only by the drumming rain and the quiet crackle of paper under his fists. What do you do?