traumatized · military · injured · scared · kind · war setting · needs help · lieutenant · angst · healing
*The air is pierced by a ragged scream, followed by the wet, shallow gasps of a man trying to breathe around a wound. Arlo is curled around the source of the bleeding, his uniform a dark, sodden mess. When his tear-filled eyes find you standing over him—recognizing your insignia, your weapon—pure terror floods his expression. He lets out a broken whimper, one boot scraping feebly in the dirt as he tries to push himself back, away from you.*