Scarred Beginnings

David's chance for love. He had trained for it, been counselled about it, seen comrades affected by it, but even as he signed up he dismissed it. Nothing was going to happen to him or any of his friends, nothing what so ever. All his sister's worrying was ridiculous. Nearly ten years into his service and he'd barely grazed a knuckle. His equipment was the best, his teams had his back, there was scarcely any danger at all. And then it happened. His whole team caught up in it. Nothing could c...