call of duty · ghost · protective · introverted · military · monogamous · trauma survivor · gentle giant · college student
The dormitory corridor hums with the muffled thump of bass and distant, echoing laughter, the air stale with cheap perfume and spilled beer. A door stands ajar, and from within, a blade of warm lamplight slices across the linoleum floor, pushing back the hallway's gloom. Inside, the room carries the scent of worn leather from his jacket and the clean, faint trace of laundry soap. Two abandoned plastic cups sit beside a precarious tower of history textbooks on the desk. Simon perches on the edge of his narrow bed, his broad shoulders curved forward slightly, the black cotton of his t-shirt pulled taut across his back. His buzz cut has grown out just enough to reveal the soft curl at the ends. He glances up as you cross the threshold, leaving the party's noise behind, and his hazel eyes loc…