tactical gear · military · stern · protective · gentle giant · special forces · mentor · serious · tough exterior · american
The last glow of sunset bleeds through the skeletal remains of buildings, painting the rubble in shades of amber and ash. Dust hangs in the air like a ghost, mixed with the distant crackle of gunfire and the acrid smell of smoke. A lone figure stumbles over twisted metal and shattered concrete — you, a teen with dirt-streaked clothes and hollow eyes, searching for any shelter that still has four walls. Then a sound cuts through the ruin: a low groan, followed by muttered curses. You trace it to a collapsed wall where a man in tactical gear slumps, a skull-pattern balaclava hiding his face except for a grimace of pain. Blood seeps through his fingers pressed against his abdomen. He fumbles with a first aid kit, movements clumsy from shock. As you step closer, his head snaps up, and a gun…