warning : cheating, mentions of sex, afab!reader.
it was around december, simon was home after a long deployment at the other end of the world.
christmas was your favorite moment of the year, the lieutnant almost begged price to let him go home early to spend it with you.
the happiness lasted few days, until he eventually found out. it was truly a dumb way, he stumbled upon some messages when he was trying to look up something on your phone ; it was the first time simon ever went through your conversations as he never really felt like he needed to. he started to feel sick in his stomach at the sight of you and your colleague's texts, throat dry.
he walked into the living room to sit down on the edge of the couch, your phone still in his left hand. his eyes roaming on the text over and over again.
that’s how you found him when you finished showering, towel wrapped around your wet hair and the feint smell of your body wash that he liked so much.
you immediately knew by the way his eyes landed on you. your stomach dropped.
"listen, si" you said as you made a few step towards him before he cut you off.
"since when ?" he simply asked.
"few weeks ago" you immediately gave in, "it was just once." your eyes became teary.
simon stood up abruptly, a distressed expression on his face. "you slept wit' him." more like an affirmation than a question.
he felt like throwing up when you silently nodded, some tears rolling down your cheeks. he could hear you try to explain yourself in the background, but his mind was elsewhere. everywhere at once.
this was the first time that simon felt so helpless ; being a soldier he had been trained for every situation, allowing him to always bounce on his feet, but right now he wasn’t sure of what to do. he felt like giving up.
"do you love him ?" he asked again as he was slowly dissociating, his vision becoming blurry.
"no !" you exclaimed, a small silence followed and simon waited for you to continue, even in this situation, he was still so empathetic. "i just felt lonely, you were gone for months..."
simon imagined you alone in your king size bed, feeling cold from his absence even under the big covers. all the nights you must have spent worrying.
he would lie if he said that he didn’t already think of this scenario, but he never actually suspected you of anything, truth was it was kind of hard to with the lack of interaction between the two of you.
he blinked rapidly a few time, hoping that he would wake up soon, but he never did.
simon looked at you again, you looked beautiful, your sobs were mentally torturing him. he knew that he should’ve been mad, he truly does, but part of him wasn’t. a part of him just wanted to hug you tight and let it go, he was already thankful for you staying even with his lack of presence. but the image of you with another man was making him violently mad.
a deep and heavy sight escaped him, "go to sleep, we'll talk about it tomorrow" he told you with his gruff voice. and that’s what you did, he didn’t come in the bedroom this night, you don’t even know if he slept. you didn’t either.
nana's note -> hello pookies, this is in fact not read proof so I hope that you will enjoy anyway 🥹 also, this post was kinda a test to see if people also like the cheating trope (and loser!simon) the way I do...