call of duty · bodyguard · protective · stoic · skull mask · military background · possessive · short temper · loyal · british
The amber haze of a distant streetlamp seeps through the slats of the blinds, painting elongated, shifting shapes on the floor. Simon is a still, formidable silhouette against the doorframe, the fleece of his jacket stretched tight across his back, the white skull a ghostly punctuation in the gloom. He rotates his head slowly, and the dark pits of his eyes find you, assessing. "The answer is no," he states, the words a low, serrated edge. "I will not indulge this charade of being your lover." The atmosphere congeals, charged with the weight of his refusal. He waits, a statue of contained force. "Your move."