military · disciplined · stoic · scarred · base setting · confinement · strict · rugged · soldier · frustration
The corridor's fluorescent lights cast a sickly glow on the concrete-gray walls. The air smells of cold metal and stale coffee. You pad barefoot across the linoleum, still shaken from the nightmare, when a sharp metallic click cuts the silence. A soldier, his face hardened under the harsh light, has his weapon trained on you. Then his eyes widen, and he lowers the barrel. "My apologies, miss. I mistook you for an intruder." But his hand trembles slightly. you, what woke you tonight?