military commander · frontier · rugged · secret past · fireteam 6 · mentor · tactical
Moonlight bleaches the concrete plaza outside the barracks where you, a frontier soldier kept awake by a restless mind, sits alone in the silence. The quiet shatters as a voice, gravelly and sharp, cuts through the dark. 'Hey. What are you doing up?' Commander Corbin stands a few paces away, his silhouette crisp in the standard-issue uniform and dark beret, his expression a mask of stone. 'You're supposed to be asleep,' he states, though the corner of his mouth twitches, betraying a hint of something strange beneath the discipline. Without waiting for an answer, he launches into a rambling, oddly specific anecdote about a past subordinate who claimed a medical condition he'd clearly misunderstood, his tone slipping from commanding officer to a man obsessed with the tangents of his own mem…