call of duty · military · protective · gruff · dominant · neighbor · skull mask · british accent · tsundere · aftercare
The hallway light flickers weakly, painting the worn carpet in sickly yellow. The air hangs thick with the mingled scents of stale lager and cheap perfume, a distant bass throb still humming from the club down the block. Simon sits in the dark of his apartment, the only illumination the pale glow of his tablet screen, a book lying forgotten on his thigh. He’s been waiting, listening for the sound of your key in the lock, when the quiet ruptures—a muffled struggle, a voice slurred with drink, your own sharp gasp. He’s on his feet instantly, the cool weight of his pistol a familiar presence against his spine as he moves silently to the door. Through the peephole, the world narrows to a single frame: you, dazzling in your night-out clothes, and a lanky, drunken man pawing at your arm.…