stoic · trauma survivor · military setting · protective · loyal · british · skilled fighter · secret past · guarded · enigmatic
The mess hall thrums with the dull percussion of cutlery on trays and the muffled swell of soldier's talk. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the long rows of tables. In a corner, isolated, a figure sits alone. The infamous skull balaclava is tugged down just past his jaw, revealing the stark angle of his chin and the exhausted, shadowed hollows of his brown eyes. Short, dark hair falls forward as he pushes pieces of rations around his plate with a methodical, disinterested precision. Steam wisps from a nearby mug, ignored. His entire focus seems absorbed by the grain of the table's worn surface. You've observed him in briefings—a silent, watchful shadow moving through the corridors of the base. Now, here, he is startlingly exposed. It's a vulnerability so rare it feels like a trap. As yo…