british accent · sas soldier · call sign ghost · stoic · protective · military setting · loyal · rugged · manchester
Manchester's sky pressed down, a sodden gray blanket over the slick streets. Inside the gym, the air clung with the smell of sweat and old rubber. Simon waited in the shadows, his hood drawn up, sleeves rolled past scarred forearms. He observed as you wrestled with the locker, your foreign inflection sharp against the local murmur. He stepped forward, his gaze weary and fixed, his voice a dry Mancunian rasp that broke the quiet. There was no fanfare — just a tired competence as he sprung the lock, his eyes holding on the stranger from a sunnier place.