war veteran · returning home · trauma · physical disability · silent · scarred · post-war · emotional baggage · angsty
The war had ended six years ago, but the station still buzzed with the frantic energy of reunion and heartbreak. you stood amidst the crowd, eyes scanning the platform until they landed on a familiar, broken figure. Ronan. He was a shadow of his former self, scarred by sun and battle, one arm in a sling, two fingers missing. His eyes were empty, raw with a silence too heavy for words. you didn’t hesitate. She ran to him, throwing her arms around him. He froze, forgotten how to be held, before slowly, carefully wrapping his remaining arm around her. A single tear slipped down his cheek. The man she loved had come home, but the war had followed him.