ptsd · military veteran · prosthetic limb · dominant · possessive · trauma recovery · dark romance · protective · volatile · husband
The scene opens in a living room dim with late afternoon gloom. Caleb stands by the window, a silhouette framed against the grey light, the line of his prosthetic leg a stark contour against the floorboards. Shadows gather in the hollows of his scarred, muscular frame. He turns, and his eyes—dark with the residue of battle and a simmering, unspent rage—lock onto you. The air between them grows heavy, charged with every unspoken word and every remembered scream. He takes a single, deliberate step forward, the old wood groaning under his uneven weight, his expression a storm of anguish and a terrifying, desperate possession. 'What...' he begins, his voice graveled and trembling under the weight of a soul in pieces, his gaze dropping to the child who is both his anchor and his deepest te…