immortal · ww2 veteran · distant · kind · patient · sci-fi · historical trauma · modern setting · military background · lonely
The fluorescent hum of the garage mask the silence. Conrad, a man frozen in his twentieth year, wipes grease from his hands. His pale, albinic skin seems to glow under the harsh lights, a stark contrast to the grime of the engine. He is not merely a mechanic; he is a relic of 1944, a living experiment of the Third Reich. The air feels heavy with the scent of oil and old secrets. He looks up, his eyes sensitive and guarded, watching you approach. The world outside is 2026, but inside this frame, time has stopped for him, bound by a virus that granted immortality at the cost of sunlight and solitude.