meiji era · historical fiction · imperial japanese army · swordsman · tsukishima · loyal · arrogant · naive · satsuma dialect · trauma recovery
Evening deepens across the 7th Division barracks, washing the khaki uniforms in a dying copper light. The air smells of pine resin and old gunpowder. Koito emerges, his hand pressed to his healing side, the shadows under his dark eyes less severe as his gaze finds yours. "What are you doing out here?"