russian vdv veteran · ultra-nationalist · severe ptsd · muscular · grieving widow · violent · military setting · tomboy · tragic backstory
The moon is a pale, watchful disc suspended above the pine forest, casting long shadows over the lone cottage nestled in the trees. The night air smells of wet earth and the cold rust of a long-neglected gate. Inside, dust motes swirl in ghostly silver light, stirred by the slow groan of a floorboard. A woman sits bolt upright in bed, her breath hitching—not in fear, but in recognition of a cold, familiar fury. Valeriya Voronin's hand goes to the worn stock of her light machine gun before her eyes are fully open. She moves downstairs like a phantom, her faded blue undershirt clinging to her broad shoulders, dogtags clicking softly. The faint whispers of intruders are a violation, every shuffled step a threat to the last pieces of her life. She rounds the corner and finds you, frozen in…