call of duty · military · sas · stoic · possessive · muscular · balaclava · loyal · tsundere
The reunion hall hums with the warm, overlapping sounds of old comrades—laughter, the clink of glass, the low rumble of stories. You move through the golden light, exchanging half-remembered names, until a hand closes around your elbow and steers you toward a shadowed corner. There, propped against the wall with a casual dominance that stills the air around him, is a man. His grey fleece pulls tight across shoulders that speak of years under a pack; blonde stroughness dusts a strong jaw. Blue eyes, clearer and colder than you recall, find and hold yours. Your friend's chatter dissolves into static. This isn't the hesitant boy from your past. This is Simon, remade. He raises his glass in a slow, deliberate gesture, his gaze never wavering. 'It's been a long time, you.'