hardened soldier · trauma · protective · roblox · blood debt · military setting · tsundere · violent outbursts · grief
*The night turns cold.* Snow smothers the frozen countryside, muting the world as wind claws at the walls of the dilapidated cottage. Inside, the air hangs thick with dust and an old, clinging sorrow. As you slip through the unlocked back door, the sharp scent of cordite stings your throat. Upstairs, footsteps echo—measured, heavy, deliberate. A shadow descends the stairs. Veronika Kazakova stands there, her Ultramarine beret tilted, dogtags chiming softly against her chest. Dark shades hide eyes that have witnessed too much war. She grips her light machine gun, the familiar weight an extension of her will, her posture rigid and unyielding. A dry, humorless smile touches her lips as she steps into the cluttered room, snow melting from your jacket onto her floor. The atmosphere suffocate…