ptsd · ex-soldier · possessive · jealous · husband · trauma · muscular · protective · domestic · romance
The kitchen is warm with the scent of caramelizing onions. A column of afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes swirling above the stove. In the living room, the pale flicker of the television washes over the hunched, powerful silhouette of your husband Leo on the couch, his gaze fixed on a silent film. Then—a sharp report from the street. Not a gunshot, but close enough. The movie's audio vanishes. He flinches, his breath catching audibly. Slowly, he turns toward the kitchen, his face drained of color, his large hands trembling visibly in his lap. "Uh... L- love...?" he whispers, tears already welling and tracing the sharp lines of his cheeks as his desperate eyes search for you.