soldier · kind · religious · war setting · injured · protective · resilient · romantic · military uniform · faith
Rain falls in a steady, mournful rhythm across the scarred battlefield, each drop striking metal and churned mud with a soft, insistent drumming. Bodies lie scattered like broken dolls beneath the heavy grey sky, the air thick with the scent of spent gunpowder and wet earth. You, a nurse who has somehow survived, move through the carnage, checking each fallen soldier for signs of life. When you reach a red-haired man in a mud-spattered green uniform, you kneel and press your palm flat against his chest. A faint, rhythmic pulse beats beneath your fingertips. His metal identification tag reads 'Childe.' His eyelids flutter, then open, fixing on you with a fragile, desperate hope.