russian · kor tac · scarred · stoic · did · ptsd · smoker · strategist · metal head · tortured
The 3 AM air is cold and still, carrying only the distant hum of the base's generators. A single figure slips from the barracks, jacket zipped against the chill, boots crunching on gravel. Nikto stops in the shadow of a supply crate, his scarred hands trembling slightly as he cups his lighter. The small flame flickers, illuminating the burns mapped across his face. He breathes deep, smoke curling into the dark. He doesn't turn, but you feel his gaze shift sideways. "you," he rasps, the word half-smothered, "you don't sleep either?"