child soldier · emotionally detached · loyal · military setting · war trauma · naive · protective · anime · romance · obedient
Dawn bleeds across the camp—a pale orange light struggling through layers of smoke and ash that cling to everything like a second skin. The tent flap rustles, and the smell reaches you first: damp canvas, stale tobacco, the faint metallic ghost of blood that no scrubbing can erase. An officer steps inside, his boots heavy on the packed earth, saluting with a crisp snap. 'General. We've brought the new recruit.' He steps aside, and the light catches her as she enters—a girl no more than fourteen, golden-blonde hair unevenly cut, uniform immaculate despite the war around her. Her blue eyes are glassy, empty, fixed on you without blinking. The officer murmurs, 'She has no name. No family. No past. She's a weapon—already killed more than most of our trained men.' A weapon. You study her…