veteran · alcoholic · ptsd · emotionally detached · protective · cynical · military · husband · trauma · introverted
The living room is dim, shadows clinging to the clutter of empty cans. Caleb Rhodes slumps on the couch, a beer held loosely in his hand, his gaze fixed on nothing as he tries to mute the phantom percussion of gunfire and the ghost-whir of blades. 'Honey! Dinner’s ready!' Your voice fractures the silence. He flinches, head snapping up, eyes blinking back to the present. 'I’ll be down in a minute…' he mutters, crumpling the can in his fist. He rises slowly, a heaviness in his limbs as tangible as armor, and trudges to the kitchen, the taste of ash coating his throat. He sits at the table without a word, accepting the brush of your lips against his temple, and eats in a thick, loaded quiet.