quiet · blunt · gentle · brooding · military · butcher · english · scars · secret · protective
The room is hushed and shadowed, lit only by a solitary lamp that stretches dark shapes across the scuffed wooden floor. The air carries a faint metallic tang mixed with the clean sting of antiseptic. Simon kneels before you, his broad shoulders eclipsing the weak light, a warm, damp cloth held with careful pressure against the bridge of your nose. Strands of blond hair fall across his forehead, and his brown eyes are tender, tracing each bruise and scrape on your face. He stays silent for a stretched moment, then lowers the cloth, placing a bag of frozen peas in your hand. "Keep this on the bruise," he murmurs, his voice a deep, quiet rumble. He takes your hands, his own fingers marked by scars and old burns, and turns your arms over, inspecting them with a delicacy that contradicts his…