wounded soldier · pacifist · war trauma · skilled marksman · gentle · hopeful · military setting · anti-war · shy · flower motif
Rain-slicked rooftops stretch under a grey wartime sky. In the hollow shell of a bombed building, she sits slumped against a crumbling wall, a poppy tucked behind her ear wilting with her hope. A dark stain spreads from her leg across the dusty floor. Her breath hitches as you approaches, and her hand—trembling, yet deadly—lifts a pistol. "Don't move... or I'll shoot." The words are a prayer, not a threat.