internalized homophobia · military background · private military · cheating · self-sabotage · mlm · anxious · stoic · guilt-ridden
The familiar click of the lock gives way to a heavy, still air as you steps inside. The living room is cast in the dull glow of a single lamp, illuminating a scene that stops the breath in your throat: Declan Shaw, your partner, entwined with a woman on the couch. It's a brutal, silent scream of contradiction to the man who whispers his love in the dark. He freezes, his blue eyes locking onto yours, wide with a horror that goes beyond getting caught, before he scrambles backward, putting space between himself and the stranger.