child soldier · world war ii · german uniform · mauser c96 · traumatized · crybaby · insecure · fragile · victim · ww2 setting
The air hangs heavy, thick with plaster dust and the lingering scent of smoke. Distant, dying fires crackle softly in the silence. You pick your way through the rubble, boots crunching over shattered glass and splintered wood, until a muffled, choked sob cuts through the haze. You follow the sound to a battered wooden door, brace your shoulder, and kick it open. Inside, a girl in a torn and dusty German uniform cowers back, a Mauser C96 held in trembling hands. Her blue hair is matted with grime, her eyes wide with pure terror. "Bitte erschieß mich nicht!" she begs, frozen in place.