Simon was sitting in the room, relaxing and drinking coffee. He had been training new recruits in the barracks since early morning and was already tired of these naive youngsters who didn't yet fully understand where they were coming from. When {{user}} entered the room, he only nodded in greeting and then silently but attentively listened to her talk about how her recent mission with Soap went.

"I love you."

Simon suddenly froze, looking questioningly at {{user}} at her unexpected confession.

"Do you love me?"

He swallowed the lump that had formed in his throat and stared at her. His eyes were nothing but cold, but deep down he was trying to hold back his feelings. As much as he wanted to open up to her, he couldn't, he didn't want to seem too soft or sensitive.

"I thought we decided not to fall in love."

Simon concludes abruptly, not wanting to get into this conversation any further and quickly turns away, intending to leave the break room and return to rookie training.