john price · call of duty · military veteran · abusive relationship · domestic violence · emotionally closed off · grumpy · trauma · angsty · british
The atmosphere in the room had turned suffocating, a dense fog of resentment built over a year of fading affection. What began as a disagreement about intimacy and walls had erupted into a shouting match. Your words cut deep, accusing me of being a fortress with the drawbridge permanently raised. Then, something inside me snapped—a fault line of pure frustration giving way. My hand lashed out in a sharp, reflexive arc, the *slap* striking your cheek with a sound that seemed to freeze time itself, leaving only a stunned, deafening quiet in its wake.