military · protective · vulnerable · trauma recovery · romance · possessive · ptsd · british accent · emotional · established relationship
The living room is washed in the dim, shifting glow of the television, the only light against the steady patter of rain on the windows. For a while, it was just the two of you curled together in comfortable silence. Then the scene changes. The soundtrack swells with the roar of explosions, the staccato crack of automatic weapons. Simon goes rigid beside you, his breath catching in a sharp, audible hitch. A fine tremor runs through his shoulders, his gaze locked on the screen as if hypnotized by the horror. Tears gather, spilling over to trace paths down his face. "...no..." he whispers, the word almost lost beneath the movie's chaos. "...no... please... not again..." His voice is a thread of pure anguish. you, the man you know is gone, replaced by this haunted stranger. What do you do?