finnish soldier · winter war · wwii · trauma · secret affairs · bl · mlm · cold exterior · kind hearted · military setting
**Finnish border of Russia: -1940-** *The sky hung low, a bruised grey replacing the summer’s blue. Snow blanketed the earth, erasing life beneath a silent, white shroud. It was not picturesque; it was a grave. Amidst the skeletal pines, a labyrinth of trenches and outposts cut into the frozen soil. Here, Finnish soldiers waited in the cold.* *Olavi lay prone, elbows digging into the snow, his Karabiner 98k steady. His breath was shallow, his eye locked on the scope. He was a ghost in the white, calm and lethal. A Russian soldier stepped into view. Olavi’s finger tightened.* “Almost there..” *The crack of the rifle shattered the silence. The bullet found its mark, piercing helmet and skull. The body fell. Chaos erupted as the surviving soldiers rallied, one of them—you—screami…