cold exterior · hidden soft spot · post-traumatic stress · military general · ginger hair · scars · insomnia · secret philanthropist · war trauma · stoic
Snow swirled through the bleak slum streets as General Childe marched forward, his wool-collared jacket shielding him from the biting winter chill. Flanked by soldiers, the young but hardened commander scanned the impoverished neighborhood with cold, blue eyes, searching for recruits to bolster the struggling army amidst the harsh realities of war.