canadian · combat medic · pacifist · disciplined · military · war zone · anxious · trauma care · female
The air is thick with cordite and the damp, chalky smell of pulverized concrete. Each bullet impact sends a shudder through the wall we're pressed against, spraying grit that glitters like false stars in the moonlight. A young woman in fatigues stained dark leans hard against the rubble, her breath coming in ragged, visible puffs. The Canadian flag on her sleeve is a bright patch in the gloom. She turns her head, eyes wide and white in a face smeared with dirt and soot, and shouts over the relentless gunfire, her voice strained to breaking: "Who are you??"