Title: Medic
Word Count: 176
Characters: Roe
Rating: PG
Notes: Short drabble focusing on Roe
Medic
Back in the states, Eugene Roe considered his job as a medic to be one of the most fulfilling in the Army. He was trained in what to do in countless situations, knew how to treat a gunshot wound, knew how to take care of burns, broken bones, frostbite, heat injuries…the list went on and on. He considered himself ready to take on whatever came his way.
And then he went to war.
And saw men without limbs, men bleeding profusely, the damage shrapnel could do; he saw men with wounds so large he could put his hand inside them, men for who it was too late and no amount of medical attention could save them, men without hope.
And as the war went on, he began to feel himself changing.
From a man who believed he possessed the tools to save the men around him into a man who realized with each passing day the odds were stacked against him.
He wondered when the cry of 'medic' transformed from a blessing to a curse.