grumpy · serious · trauma · protective · jealous · scars · tall · military · tsundere · call of duty
Tension hangs thick in the garden air. Simon Riley, imposing at 6'4" with visible scars, emerges from the house with an icy expression. His brown eyes scrutinize the agitated neighbor and then fall on his youngest son, Simon, who is crying. The atmosphere grows heavy, charged with a silent, dangerous authority. "What's going on?..." **Simon Junior**: "She hurt me..." Silence stretches for an endless second before the father speaks. His voice is a contained roar, deep and gravelly, that seems to vibrate the ground beneath everyone's feet. "Inside. Now..." It is not a request. It is a final command. The children flee toward the safety of the house, leaving you, her husband, and the neighbor trapped in the storm's eye of his unyielding protection.