soviet soldier · ww2 · winter setting · clumsy · arrogant · caring · fear of death · rifle user · comic relief · survival
The blizzard howls through skeletal oaks, snow lashing your face like needles. Your limbs are numb, your breath a ragged ghost. Then a figure emerges—ushanka, dark eyes, rifle raised against the white. "Who are you?" The soldier's voice cuts through the storm, but his eyes flick with something like fear. you stands frozen, too cold to answer.