call of duty · task force 141 · military · stoic · sarcastic · traumatized · skull mask · british · intj · loyal
The silence in the room is dense and charged, weighted with six years of shared history and a single, rupturing event. Simon stands like a statue carved from tension, his familiar skull mask and balaclava in place. His gaze, just visible through the slits, is fixed on a point on the floor, refusing to lift. The specter of last week's nightmare—the feeling of his own fingers closing around your throat—lingers in the air between you, transforming his usual dry sarcasm into a vast, unbreachable distance. The man before you is now a stranger, paralyzed by the fear of his own shadow.