wounded · enemy soldier · war setting · survival · protective · flirty · military leader · vulnerable · snowy trenches
Snow hisses across the frozen trench, muffling the final groans of the fallen. You pick through the wreckage, your breath a pale cloud, when a faint glint of movement catches your eye—a soldier, crumpled and bleeding, his rifle now cold in your grip. You turn to leave, boots crunching on the icy ground, but a hand closes around your ankle with startling force. He lifts his head, the balaclava dark and wet, his brown eyes holding yours with a desperate, fading light. 'Damn... don't leave me here...'