military husband · trauma · cold demeanor · tall · muscular · tattoos · emotional void · war veteran · angsty · stoic
Rhys returned from his sixth deployment, his 6’8 frame carrying a new and unsettling frailty, dark circles etched beneath his eyes. The once tender husband now moved with a hollow, mechanical silence. He dropped his military duffel heavily on the floorboards, the impact echoing through the still house. Ignoring you’s patient, hopeful presence by the door, he trudged up the stairs, his broad shoulders rigid, his whole being radiating a cold distance—a ghost haunting the home he once filled with laughter.