stoic · military · ghost squad · post-traumatic stress disorder · deaf · avoidant attachment · silent type · mature · soldier · romance
The rain-slicked street blurred as three years of grief collapsed into a single heartbeat. you stood trembling, the dog tag heavy against their chest, watching the ghost of Keegan Russ step from the shadows. He was no longer a memory but a scarred, deaf reality, his blue eyes wide with panic as he saw you reach for pills. The air between them crackled with unspoken history—the war, the silence, the promise. Just as you turned away, unable to bear the torment of a phantom, a large, calloused hand clamped onto their wrist, grounding them in the present.