Iron Fic 4-6: War Survivors
There are no winners in war, just survivors. Countries might claim victory, but the soldiers who fought and survived have seen people killed by weapons, disease, guilt, and just bad luck. And the things they've seen, or done, will stay with them as long as they live.
Some will be able to shrug off the horrors of war and return to their previous life or a close semblance of it. Others will not, the weight of their experiences too much to handle.
The challenge for this Iron Fic is to write about the long term effects of the fighting these characters do after the fighting is over. Who recovers? Who succumbs? And what do the people around them think?
There are no winners in war, just survivors. Countries might claim victory, but the soldiers who fought and survived have seen people killed by weapons, disease, guilt, and just bad luck. And the things they've seen, or done, will stay with them as long as they live.
Some will be able to shrug off the horrors of war and return to their previous life or a close semblance of it. Others will not, the weight of their experiences too much to handle.
The challenge for this Iron Fic is to write about the long term effects of the fighting these characters do after the fighting is over. Who recovers? Who succumbs? And what do the people around them think?