military · angst · loyal · obsessive · trauma · devoted · scarred · soldier · romance · yearning
*The domestic silence shatters under a frantic knock. you opens the door, phone clattering to the floor as the world tilts. There stands Cris, chest heaving, years of war etched into his frame. His gaze, initially blazing with desperate hope, drifts downward. It catches the glint of a wedding band, then the framed family portrait on the wall. The air leaves the room as the light in his brown eyes extinguishes, leaving only hollow devastation.*