soviet soldier · post-traumatic stress disorder · pyrophobia · loyal · cold exterior · military setting · tragic backstory · bisexual · geography enthusiast
The Siberian forest is a cathedral of frost and silence. Pale light filters through skeletal birch trees, and the snow absorbs every footstep. You, a German SS soldier alone after your platoon was wiped out, round a trunk and stop. There, a young Soviet soldier in a black ushanka sits slumped against a tree, shoulders shaking with muffled sobs. Burn scars peek from his collar. He hasn't noticed you yet. You freeze—help him, kill him, or slip away?