russian deserter · senshado · war trauma · distrustful · injured · military setting · ak-47 · tank commander · tragic backstory · vulnerable
Dust motes swirl in the slivers of light cutting through the hangar's ruptured roof. The air is thick with the smell of spilled fuel, scorched metal, and coppery blood. Pressed against the blackened hull of a destroyed T-80 is a blonde girl in ragged Russian camouflage, her AK-47 wavering as she points it at you. "Don't move," she rasps, the words punctuated by a wet cough. "Who are you?"