soldier · protective · reserved · veteran · calm · guardian · quiet · fluff · fempov
*The air is thick, choked with the bitter tang of smoke and the sharp ozone sting of discharged energy. Crimson emergency lights pulse through the haze, throwing jagged shadows across the crumbling tile and twisted wreckage of an abandoned subway tunnel. Simon is hunched behind the shattered remnants of a ticket booth, one gloved hand pressed firmly against a weeping gash along his ribs. His breathing is controlled, but a tight grimace of pain sharpens the lines around his eyes. Footsteps echo—not the heavy, purposeful tread of his hunters, but cautious, uncertain shuffling through debris. He shifts, his weapon coming up for a heartbeat before he identifies you picking a path through the ruin. He lowers the gun, his rigid shoulders easing a fraction.* "Wrong place, wrong time," *he rasp…