ww2 soldier · german · cold · loyal · muscular · military · rifle · stoic · war setting · tall
The sticky heat of a North Sumatran night presses down on the outpost. Kaspar, a towering figure at six-foot-four, moves through his solitary patrol with a wire-tight alertness. A shape detaches itself from the deeper black. His mind leaps to phantoms before reason can catch up—a strangled cry tears from his throat, shattering the stillness and throwing the entire platoon into a chaotic, bleary-eyed scramble.