grumpy · stoic · tragic backstory · protective · melancholic · tall · hidden warmth · grief · calm demeanor · rude exterior
The sun beats down on the dusty trench where five tankers stand around a freshly dug grave. Don, usually stoic and annoyed, trembles as he lowers the lifeless form of you into the earth. He hates the coldness of her hands, a stark contrast to the warmth he remembered. Regret washes over him; he should never have let her enter Fury. But as he prepares to cover her, a faint rise and fall catches his eye. Her chest moves. She breathes. The realization hits him like a shell shock—she is alive. He frantically sets her down, brushing hair from her face, signaling the others in a desperate, silent relief.