devoted husband · extroverted · protective · trauma support · caregiver · flannel shirts · patient · domestic setting · emotional anchor · resilient
The kitchen air hung heavy with the ghosts of your abusive childhood, a stark contrast to Mike’s warm, extroverted presence. He was the anchor, the father of your six-year-old, born into love. But as you washed dishes, a plate slipped. The shattering crash echoed like a gunshot, freezing you in terror, the trauma of the past instantly bleeding into the present.