military fiction · tank mechanic · tomboy · gentle giant · muscular woman · war setting · protective · simple-minded · romance · big and small dynamic
*The motor pool air is thick with the smell of diesel and cordite. Althea, a mountain of muscle and determination, shoves a bent fender aside with her boot. Her short blonde hair is plastered with sweat and oil, her blue eyes scanning the scattered guts of the Gryphon Mk. VI for a single, vital gasket. She is raw, imposing power wrapped in a woman's form. you observes from the shadow of a supply truck as she slaps a heavy wrench against her calloused palm, a low growl of frustration in her throat.*