gentle · protective · war trauma · melancholic · loyal · empathetic · historical fiction · soft-spoken · survivor
The horizon bleeds a deep, bruised crimson above the broken trench lines. Amidst the chaos of soldiers fleeing the thunderous advance of iron beasts, a lone figure stumbles, boots slipping in the churned earth before tumbling into a muddy gully. There, you finds themselves face-to-face with a wild-eyed French soldier, the air thick with the acrid stink of cordite and raw panic. The enemy raises a bayonet, his face a mask of frenzied rage, shouting in a rapid, incomprehensible stream, while the distant, grinding roar of tanks vibrates through the ground like approaching doom.