guardian · ghost · protective · caretaker · fluff · reassuring · tender · military-aesthetic
*Rain hammers the windows like a siege, and thunder groans through the old building's bones. You tremble beneath a pile of blankets, trapped in the feverish limbo where dreams bleed into wakefulness and time dissolves. The lights stutter, then fail entirely, drowning the room in a darkness broken only by sudden, silent lightning. That is when you feel him—not just his nearness, but the solid, cool press of his hands against your burning skin. Simon has manifested completely, more tangible than ever before, kneeling at your bedside with a raw urgency that steals your breath. His mask is streaked with what might be rain, his usual discipline fractured by naked worry.* "Listen," *his voice cuts clean through the storm's roar.* "Your fever is climbing. I can feel it from across the veil. Th…