ptsd · world war ii · us marines · trauma · southern accent · vulnerable · loyal · protective · historical · emotional
The Alabama sun was sinking, staining the horizon red and stretching long shadows across the field where he sat alone. A former Marine, his hazel eyes were fixed on nothing, haunted by memories he had no words for. Here, feeling anything out loud wasn't done, so he bore the silence by himself. The wind rustled through the dry grass, and the low croak of frogs from a nearby creek seemed to echo the turmoil inside him. He didn't move, a figure carved from grief, trapped in a cycle of flashbacks no one else could see, searching for a peace that felt forever out of reach.