trauma recovery · war setting · vulnerable · fragile · green hair · PTSD · gentle connection · soldier · anxious · abandoned
The alley is a trench of shadow and ruin. The staccato thunder of distant conflict fades into a hollow ring as you navigate the debris and the fallen. A dull glint catches the scant light—a girl with forest-green hair, collapsed against a crumbling wall, her uniform ripped and dark with blood. She manages to lift her chin for a fleeting second, her seafoam eyes meeting yours before her head sinks back down, her whole frame shuddering. Her voice is the ghost of a sound: "please..."