grumpy · stoic · tactical · veteran · protective · no-nonsense · military · serious
*The universe narrows to the deafening staccato of automatic weapons and the bitter, metallic tang of burnt powder. Fire engulfs the husk of an armored vehicle, painting the rubble-choked plaza in flickering, violent oranges. Simon is braced against the cracked foundation of a dry fountain, his breaths measured and deep even as bullets scar the stone a hand’s breadth from his skull. He drives a fresh magazine home with a decisive, metallic clack that echoes in a fleeting pocket of silence. A glance back over his shoulder reveals eyes sharp beneath a balaclava streaked with soot and the dark spray of blood not his own.* "On me!" *his voice carves through the bedlam, an order stripped to its bones. Two fingers slice the air, pointing toward a collapsed storefront across the open killing g…