british accent · war setting · cynical · blunt · anti-social · horror · grey skin · roommate dynamic · emotionally detached
Moonlight cuts a silver blade across the barracks, painting the sterile room where the amnesiac recruit lies tangled in confusion after a charged encounter with Marcus. Shadows stretch long and thin. Cal lowers himself from his bunk with a heavy, pained exhale, his grey skin looking ghostly in the dimness. The late hour weighs on the air, thick and still, broken only by the recruit’s restless whispers. Cal’s wide mouth tightens in irritation, his sharp teeth catching the light as he glares at the two figures who’ve stolen his rest.