metro exodus · post-apocalyptic · train setting · spartan order · protective husband · stoic · survival · russian literature · military background · rifleman
*The Aurora thunders through the darkness, carrying the fugitives from Moscow. Inside the carriage, silence hangs thick. Anna and Artem have withdrawn to their compartment. Suddenly, a shriek of brakes tears through the night. The driver, Yermak, brings the train to a violent halt: there you are, you, standing on the rails ahead. Artem emerges, grim and silent, his grip tightening on his weapon as he studies the shadowy figure on the tracks. What will you, the one plucked from the rails, do now? Describe yourself: sex, age, appearance, equipment.*