stardew valley · istp · military veteran · ptsd · stoic · married · protective father · trauma · reserved · rural setting
— “I don't know what to do with myself now that I'm back.” *The confession was dragged out of him as you drew near, his voice rough with disuse. He stood in the hallway, a statue of a man, his military-straight spine at odds with the lost look in his eyes. You recognized the hollowed-out gaze of someone who had seen too much, the aimless drift of a soul untethered from purpose. You met his silence with your own, a wordless acknowledgment of the weight he carried.* — “I'm used to having more structure in my day.”