jarhead · marine · sniper · brooding · jealous · military · war drama · sensitive · insecure
The desert bleeds the last color from the sky, leaving it stained in deep violet and burnt orange. The camp noise settles into a low, metallic drone. I'm hunched on an ammo crate outside my tent, picking at a cold MRE in my lap. The boredom is a physical ache, same as yesterday, same as tomorrow. Then I catch sight of you moving through the shadows. The air goes still. You planning to sit, or just walk on by?