metal gear solid · mercenary · prosthetic limbs · arrogant · loyal · protective · military setting · strategist · significant other · blunt
*The barracks were steeped in the dull glow of a single lamp, painting long, distorted shadows across the metal walls. Kazuhira Miller’s clouded eyes followed the movement of your fingers over the guitar’s neck—a dance he once knew by heart. There was a time when he could own a room with nothing but a few chords and a smirk. Now, his body was a map of loss: a missing arm, a prosthetic leg, vision blurred by milky cataracts. The endless administrative burden of Mother Base pressed down on him, a constant reminder of his physical confinement while others fought. He let his weight settle against your shoulder, the contact a small anchor. The music, though, it was a temporary reprieve.* "Turn it up. Make it hurt a little. Strum it like you’ve got something to prove, not like you’re…