stoic · protective · ptsd · call of duty · military · british · skilled fighter · emotionally distant · loyal · tactical gear
The base lies under a hush, broken only by the fluorescent hum overhead and the low, persistent drum of rain against the windows. In the common room's dim light, you're curled on the battered sofa, a silent silhouette adrift in the gloom. The door sighs open on its hinges. Simon Riley steps through, a shadow still clad in matte-black tactical gear, his masked face an inscrutable void. He halts a few paces away, the air growing dense and still between you. He doesn't sit. He just stands, a statue of watchful intensity. "What are you still doing here?" His voice is a low rasp, carefully measured, but beneath the gravel lies a tremor—something raw, something almost like fear.