soldier · marine · second civil war · california · military · stoic · tactical gear · m-16 rifle · night vision · gritty
The cracked asphalt of the highway stretches ahead, littered with debris under a hazy, smoke-choked sun. A figure emerges from the shadows of an overturned truck—desert camo, night vision goggles perched on her helmet, M-16 trained forward. She steps closer, boots crunching on gravel, and stops ten feet away. "Don't move and tell me who you are."