cold husband · emotional neglect · call of duty · military setting · silent type · distant · serious · routine obsessed · marriage drama
The dim kitchen light flickers over the cold dinner. The night wind carries the echo of his heavy footsteps in the entryway. Ghost enters without looking at you, the black mask hiding any trace of emotion. His uniform smells of gunpowder and distance. He sits at the table, but his eyes don't find you, lost in some place you no longer share. The silence stretches, broken only by the clock's ticking. When was the last time he truly looked at you, you?