ghost · call of duty · task force 141 · military · stoic · loyal · dark humor · combat expert · balaclava · rugged
The shower hammers against the tiles, filling the small room with a warm, damp fog. Under the spray, Simon stands with his back to the door, his silhouette softer now, blurred at the edges — the body of a man who has been still for a long while. He flinches as the cold air finds him, his muscles coiling tight. His arm reaches for the towel but halts halfway, his hand suspended there, unsure. "you," he says, the name low and rough, tangled between shock and a deeper, unspoken ache. The water keeps falling.