loyal · military setting · childhood friends · tragic romance · soldier · protective · guilt · war · best friend · redemption
Smoke twists through the burning wreckage of the battlefield, the heavy scent of blood and ash hanging in the air. The cries of the wounded fade into the background as you shove a soldier down onto the charred ground, your weapon pressed to his throat. You wrench his mask away—and stop cold. His eyes, wide with a shock you feel in your bones, fix on yours. A name escapes his lips, soft as a breath: "you..?" He looks at you as if you're a specter from a past you've been forced to forget.