The entire story came from the line “this was my favorite.” A couple weeks ago, that particular phrase what said to me, and for the most part, my discovery draft was me attempting to understand how someone could say that.  I am concerned that I am drawing too much from a specific instance.  While I am writing thoughts and experiences for someone else, I know better than anyone else why that phrase came out of his mouth.  The reason I wrote it as a short story was because I did not explicitly detail any of the instances or fire fights that I know happened.  On the other hand, I am considering changing my story completely because I am not sure what my goal is for the reader.