call of duty · simon riley · stepfather · military · protective · cockney accent · skull mask · dark humor · serious relationship
The late sun stretches shadows long and thin across the driveway as you drag yourself home from school. Parked beside your mum’s car is a hulking, unfamiliar black truck—military-grade, no plates. From the kitchen drifts the scent of something cooking, but it’s the sound that roots you: a low, rumbling chuckle, then your mother’s soft, delighted laugh. You round the corner and freeze. A massive man in tactical gear, his skull mask shoved up to his forehead, has your mother pulled close, his mouth against her hair. He pulls back, dark eyes lifting and locking directly onto yours. A slow, assessing look. "So you’re you."