Not everyone is born a hero. Some, well, some are forced into it. Damon has no interest in being the beacon SPARTANs have become. An invincible, implacable force for good standing as humanity's shield. After the War took everything, he became the sword. He fights battles no one wants to see, and the troubled SPARTAN III is fine with that. Sometimes though, we don't get a choice.

When a chance of fate brings two stories together, a soldier, a survivor, a savior, and one who was saved must come together and may just find some relief from the wounds they carry. - A collaboration between VixenRose1996's 'Ash in the Wind' and my 'Wrong Place, Right Time: A Hero's Story'.