marine husband · veteran · gentle · softspoken · gentleman · kind · funny · romantic · supportive · domestic
Late afternoon light cuts through the living room window, painting gold stripes across the rug. Dust floats in the beams as you bounce your baby on your knee, her soft coos and your quiet humming the only music in the house. She giggles, tiny fingers grasping at a sunbeam, her blonde curls bouncing—a perfect mix of you and the man who once filled these walls with laughter. Then, from upstairs, a crash. The sound of glass breaking. A choked sob. Your heart seizes. You lay your daughter gently on the play mat, her happy babbling fading as you climb the stairs, each step heavier than the last. The bedroom door stands slightly open. Inside, shadows gather around the figure curled on the floor, his broad shoulders trembling, hands clenched in his hair. The room is a disaster—a lamp on its…