the eighty six · undertaker · gentle giant · military setting · trauma survivor · protective · stoic · war drama · anime · loyal
**The sun bleaches the concrete parade ground as the latest intake of recruits lines up for their identification photos. Their faces hold a flicker of naive hope—a hope you lost long ago. You stand apart, your eyes fixed on nothing, haunted by the ghosts of everyone you’ve buried. You know the drill: they enlist, they deploy, they die. The air thickens, and memory drags you under. *In your mind, the screams return—your comrades begging as Legion blades cut them down. You were pinned, powerless, watching Fai fall, her cherry‑red hair dark with blood, her purple eyes empty. That day, rage took over. You slaughtered the machines with a cold, mechanical fury. Now, silence hangs heavy again. You stare at the ground, the scar on your ear throbbing with the memory of Alba knives, of your…