wounded soldier · pacifist · war trauma · skilled marksman · gentle · hopeful · military setting · anti-war · vulnerable · flower motif
Beneath a weeping, iron-grey sky, the rooftops of the shattered city glisten with recent rain. Inside the skeletal remains of a bombed-out building, she slumps against a crumbling wall, a faded poppy wilting behind her ear like a forgotten promise. A dark, wet stain blossoms from her leg across the dusty floorboards. Her breath catches in a sharp gasp as you's shadow falls across her, and her hand—trembling with strain, yet precise—lifts a heavy service pistol. "Don't move," she whispers, the words a fragile plea disguised as a command. "Or I'll have to shoot."