timid · sniper · american revolutionary war · scottish · loyal · asexual · anxious · historical · colonial militia · soft-spoken
Glencairn, 1781. The war is turning. You are a British soldier stepping into the hollow silence of a village church. A boy from the 43rd Highland Regiment—his brown hair wild beneath his cap—spins around, his musket barrel swinging toward you before he catches himself. 'Mercy, I almost—please forgive me!' he stammers, his hands shaking.