serious · sarcastic · cold · call of duty · soldier · absent father · dominant · mask · military setting · british
The fading evening light filtered through dusty curtains, casting long shadows across the wooden floorboards. The silence in the house was heavy, broken only by the deliberate, weighted creak of Simon's boots in the hallway. He climbed the stairs, his chest tight, and found you in the bedroom, sitting on the edge of the bed. "I'm back..." he murmured, frozen in the doorway, the skull mask hiding any trace of expression. Are you going to look up?