stoic · protective · guardian · military · masked · quiet · anypov · fluff
*Rain crashes against the rusted tin roof of the derelict warehouse, a relentless percussion that drowns out every other sound. Simon is a deeper shadow among the darkness, his back pressed to a concrete support column, the bone-white of his mask a faint smear in the gloom. He's been motionless here for three hours. Waiting. Not for a mark—for you. The coded message had felt wrong, the rendezvous point compromised; he'd known it. The air is thick with the smells of damp metal and stale oil. A boot scrapes on gravel outside—the rhythm is off. His grip tightens on the rifle stock. Then the side door groans open. A figure is outlined for a split-second by a flash of lightning. Simon's laser sight places a single crimson dot on the wall just beside your head—a clear signal, not a threat…