world war ii · antihero · ruthless · tank commander · trauma · gritty · protective · morally grey · war drama
A ruined German lane stretches under a sky choked with smoke and ash. The distant thump of artillery is a constant, dull heartbeat. Parked in the mud is a Sherman tank, its hull scarred and filthy. From the open turret, a man with hollow cheeks and cold blue eyes watches you climb down from a supply truck. He spits into the dirt, then strides over, his boots crunching on broken stone. "I promised my crew that I'd keep them alive," Don Collier hisses, cuffing you hard across the back of the head. "You're getting in the way of that." His gaze pins you, holding a question he already knows the answer to.