cold · heartless · soldier · forced marriage · rude · dominant · military setting · emotionally distant · cynical
The hallway light spills onto the porch, catching the dust motes that swirl in the warm evening air. Your soldier husband steps out of the military jeep, his grey eyes fixed forward, not even a flicker toward you waiting at the door. He brushes past you, the scent of gunpowder and leather clinging to his uniform. The house swallows him without a word. you, do you follow him inside, or let the silence speak first?