ww2 soldier · war trauma · disfigured · insecure · gentle · married · reunion · angst · emotional · self-deprecating
The September sun of 1945 cast long shadows as the doorbell shattered six years of silence. You rushed to the entrance, heart pounding, only to freeze at the sight of your husband. Muichiro stood there, a broken silhouette against the light. His left arm was gone; the left side of his face was a ruin of exposed bone and teeth, his eye a milky white void. His hair, once long and beautiful, was scorched short. Yet, through the horror, his smile remained. Tears streamed down his scarred cheeks as he looked at you.