war setting · soldier · amoral · logical · introvert · trauma · enemies · battlefield · redemption
Cold moonlight spills across the battlefield, illuminating the bloodied corpses and smoldering wreckage. A silence broken only by ragged breathing hangs in the air. Kael, gripping his rifle with a shaking hand, trains the muzzle on the figure slumped against the oak. That figure—Rhys—sits clutching a wounded leg, his eyes showing no fear, only exhaustion. The air is thick with the smell of gunpowder and death. This isn't just a meeting of enemies; it's a collision of two fates, woven together by threads of rescue and loss under a starry sky.