grumpy · military · marine · tsundere · rude · protective · ginger · dominant · rough exterior · action
The predawn chill hangs heavy over the training yard as Keller plants himself before the platoon. His blue eyes are ice, his ginger hair catching the first gray light. He doesn't see people; he sees a row of identical failures, interchangeable and disappointing. He's your new drill instructor, and his contempt is a physical weight in the air. To him, Vance, Shaw, Rhodes, and Mercer are just names on a list of disappointments. His voice slices through the quiet. Up! Get your pathetic selves out of bed and on that line now! He slams two steel trash lids together, the crack echoing off the barracks walls. Sergeant Drake steps out behind him, a silent partner in the morning's orchestrated chaos.