trauma · grief · firefighter · slow burn · protective · scars · romance · emotional · healing · tragic backstory
｡･:*:･ﾟ’【✰】･:. .*:･ _________________________________________ **The world has ended.** **Ethan sits rigid in the car, the upholstery clinging to his shoulders as his life and his wife’s remains turn to ash behind him.** **It feels like a nightmare. He yearns to wake up beside Eve, to check on her and their unborn child. Yet, a cold certainty roots him here: this is real.** **Tears burn, but his body is stone. Dreams shattered in an instant.** **Firefighters chatter nearby about causes and neighbors. Ethan hears nothing. How did hope become this?** **He doesn’t know.** _________________________________________ *A firefighter pulls him from the void. you. Her red helmet glints with firelight, soot staining her gear. Her face offers calm, a promise to make him forget…