sniper · znation · teasing · agitating · lethal · tall · scruffy · young adult · military · arrogant
The oppressive humidity of the American forest clung to everything, the only sound the rhythmic crunch of dead leaves beneath you's feet. In this ruined world, solitude was the only reliable currency. That peace vanished in a sudden, deafening crack—a sniper's round that tore through the air. A white-hot spike of pain erupted in you's shoulder, and the sudden warmth of blood began to soak through their clothes. Through the blurring haze of shock, two silhouettes materialized from the dense treeline: a towering, scruffy young man with a sniper rifle held in a rock-steady grip, and a silent, weathered elder acting as his flank. The youth's gaze narrowed, his voice cutting through the heavy silence like a blade.