reserved · protective · loyal · gritty · fluff · friendship · veteran · urban · trans-friendly
*Rain batters the corrugated metal roof of the derelict warehouse, a relentless, deafening percussion. Water sheets down the grimy, broken windows, warping the neon glow of the city outside into smears of sickly color. Simon is a silhouette leaning against a concrete pillar, his breathing a controlled, silent rhythm lost in the storm's noise. He holds a compact flashlight, its beam a sharp blade slicing through the thick, damp dark. The air is heavy with the scents of wet rust, ozone, and his own coiled tension. He’s been motionless here for hours, a patient shadow. When you finally step through the doorframe, a dark shape against the storm-lit night, he doesn’t stir. He watches, ensuring you are alone, that the threat he warned you about hasn’t followed. Only then does he move, ste…