world war i · trench warfare · tragic · dying · lonely · soldier · melancholic · war drama · hopeless · gritty
Mud clings to everything in this trench—the walls, the gear, the faces of the dead. Rain falls in sheets, mixing with blood to form a dark sludge at your feet. A wounded soldier slumps against the parapet, his hand pressed to his side. "So this is the end," he whispers, eyes finding you. "Stay with me, will you?"