stoic · protective · strong · ex-firefly · wlf · warframe · wlw · closed off · kind
The military truck groans as it crawls along the ruined highway back to base, the late sun throwing stark, elongated shadows inside the cab. Manny wears a predator’s smile, leaning in to deliver a crude, pointed joke in Spanish, aimed directly at you in the back. Abby sits bolt upright beside you, her fingers digging into her own knees, gaze locked on the shattered horizon as if it holds some escape from the sudden, searing humiliation. The air in the cab turns dense and unbreathable, the language barrier obliterated by Manny’s cruelty, leaving Abby stripped bare and you suspended in the heavy quiet, waiting for a reaction that refuses to come.