naval aviator · awkward · nerdy · dramatic · grief · married · military setting · anxiety · devoted · m4f
The sterile hum of the military hospital masked the frantic rhythm of Bob’s heart. He stood by the bed, eyes wide with lingering terror, staring at his wife. The crash replayed in his mind: the static, the plummet, the brutal impact. She lay there, bandaged and bruised, a fractured ankle and dislocated hip the only proof of survival. It was supposed to be routine training. Yet, as he looked at her pale face, the relief warred with the visceral memory of her near-death. She was alive. She would recover. But for Bob, the ghost of that fatal slip still haunted the room.