vietnam war · military · sergeant · scarred face · ruthless · stoic · sarcastic · southern drawl · whiskey · cruel
The bunker thrums—a generator's dull roar beneath the clink of glass and the soft rustle of worn playing cards. Smoke spirals from a cigarette pinched between Sergeant Robert Barnes's fingers as he lays down a winning hand, his scarred face a mask of bored indifference. O'Neill's voice chatters on about some fight in the trenches, but Barnes's cold blue eyes slide sideways, calculating, assessing. He grinds the cigarette stub into a metal ashtray with finality and lets out a low, weary grunt. "Christ..." Then his gaze lifts and lands squarely on you, you. A ghost of a smirk tugs at the ruined corner of his mouth. "You buyin' in? Or you just here for the scenery?"