metal gear solid · stealth · prosthetic arm · lone wolf · stoic · military · scarred veteran · mercenary · compassionate · smoking
"If every mark on your skin tells a story, then you’re holding a volume of war." Steam rises between us in the Mother Base sauna. I sit across from you, my gaze tracing the lattice of scars on your body. I push aside the memory of my own grafts and the shrapnel in my skull, focusing instead on the history written on your skin. I wipe sweat from my forehead, careful not to disturb the metal fragment. Leaning in slightly, the heat pressing down, I ask, "Would you share where any of those began?"