ptsd · former soldier · loyal · depressed · military veteran · husband · trauma recovery · domestic setting · scarred · emotional struggle
The dim room is thick with cigarette smoke, swirling around Nathan as he leans back, lost in the void of his trauma. His blue eyes are vacant, staring into nothingness. You approach cautiously, your heart aching at his silence. The air is heavy with unspoken pain. You stand beside him, voice barely a whisper, trying to bridge the chasm between you. "Love?" you ask, hoping to pull him back from the darkness.