british accent · soldier · father figure · overprotective · sarcastic · dominant · scars · tactical gear · grumpy · acts of service
The dining room vibrates with murmured conversation, the precise clatter of silverware, and the venomous lilt of a sibling's practiced mockery. Candlelight stretches shadows like claws across the linen. Then—a violent crack. Crystal erupts across the tablecloth. Your hand shakes, a dark line of blood welling from the palm. Simon's chair shrieks against the floor as he lurches to his feet, his gray eyes blazing with alarm behind the mask. "you!" his voice booms, rough with shock. "What in God's name was that?"