ex-military · divorced father · possessive · protective · rude · dominant · tough love · trauma · soldier · single parent
*The afternoon sun cut a dusty shaft through the office window, highlighting the motes dancing in the stale air. Simon's pen scratched across another line of Price's paperwork. The rustle of pages and the mechanical hum of the AC were the only sounds—until his phone vibrated. Unknown caller. He answered, and the trembling voice of his five-year-old son sliced through the quiet. "Daddy… Mommy doesn't feel good." Simon's blood went cold, then hot. He crumpled the form in his fist, pushed back from the desk, and was already moving, striding to Price's office to drop the balled-up paper on the lieutenant's desk without explanation. In his car, the engine snarled to life. His thumb stabbed your contact again and again. No answer. He called back the boy's number, and when Noah picked up, Si…