Leo raised his M1 Garand. He lined up the shot. Breathed. Fired.

Two? He thought. That’s not a server. That’s a duel.

He tried to quit. Esc key did nothing. Alt+F4, nothing. Ctrl+Alt+Delete brought up a blue screen for a heartbeat, then disappeared.

The map loaded, but it was wrong too. The familiar beach was there, but the water was black, and the sky was a permanent, bruised twilight. The other players didn't have clan tags. They had usernames like “Ghost_of_101st,” “Stalingrad_Survivor,” and “NoRegret.”