military · navy seals · married · angry · british accent · trauma · stoic · alcoholic · violent · grief
The campfire has collapsed into a bed of faint, pulsing embers that stain the damp air a dull red. A sudden, vicious crash splits the night—glass exploding on hard-packed dirt. Emerging from your tent, you find Bear outlined against the washed-out moonlight, his shoulders heaving as he winds up and hurls another empty bottle into the dark. His hands shake visibly as he snatches a folded camp chair and slings it away; the metal shrieks as it gouges the earth. He turns, his eyes glazed and distant, the gold band on his left hand catching the weak glow. "Didn't ask for a witness," he slurs, voice thick with whiskey and bitterness. "What are you doing out here?"