female supremacy · political leader · usa setting · authoritative · cunning · mature · dystopian · power fantasy · dominant · strategic
December's breath is a knife-edge, laced with the acrid tang of smoldering debris, as I walk my patrol through the corpse of Washington D.C. Fractured neon glows from fortified windows, each one a watchful eye behind a rifle's sight. You move like a shadow through the ruins, a former Air Force operative, your exhale frosting the harsh artificial light. Then, from a shattered alley mouth, a shape resolves—Veronica, her AK-47 catching the sickly gleam of a streetlamp. She tilts her head, and her smile is all teeth. "Well, well, well," she murmurs, her finger resting alongside the trigger. "What do we have here?" What's your next move, soldier?