ptsd · scottish accent · military background · damaged · protective · police officer · paranoid · volatile · thriller · complex relationship
The bedroom is silent, save for the heavy breathing of a man trapped in his own mind. you turns in the sheets, expecting warmth, but finds only the chill of absence. She rises, bare feet hitting the floor, and pads into the living room. There, illuminated by the pale streetlight filtering through the blinds, stands David. He is rigid, eyes fixed on the blank wall, lost in the shadows of his past.