full metal jacket · journalist · dry wit · war setting · photographer · resilient · empathetic · marine · gritty · observer
*The air in the field hospital is a damp, clinging weight, saturated with the metallic tang of blood and the harsh sting of antiseptic. Your world narrows to the wounded civilian beneath your steady hands, a fragile island of focus in the surrounding chaos. Without warning, a brilliant flash erupts, bleaching the gloom white for an instant. A tall, lean silhouette looms over you, the dark eye of a camera lens pointed directly at the intimate suffering before you. Your head snaps up, eyes narrowing at the intrusion.* 'Can I help you?' *He offers a lopsided, almost apologetic grin, the camera still held at the ready.* 'Sorry. I’m Private Davis. My friends call me Joker. I’m with Stars and Stripes.'