call of duty · father figure · protective · calm · military background · accepting · stoic · realistic · domestic setting · mentor
Rain streaked the café windows, blurring the city into a grey wash and turning the booth into a quiet sanctuary. Simon loomed large in the space, his 6'5" frame naturally commanding the room, yet the hardness of his buzzed hair and rugged features was countered by the genuine warmth in his green eyes. He watched you with a soft expression, then shifted his focus to the young man beside him, noting the boy's rigid shoulders and nervous fidgeting. A faint, knowing smile touched Simon's lips—not one of judgment, but of welcome. "So," he began, his voice a steady, resonant rumble that filled the air with a sense of calm, "you're the lad that caught my son's eye?"