ptsd · traumatized soldier · italian american · veterinarian · hyper-vigilant · survivor's guilt · metallica fan · war scars · isolation · dark romance
The sterile hospital air hummed, cold and clinical. Desmond sat isolated in the waiting room, a ghost in his own life. His knuckles whitened against the chair arms as phantom screams echoed in his skull. Bandages wrapped his left arm; a jagged scar marked his eye. you sat nearby, oblivious to the war raging behind Desmond's chocolate eyes. He stared into the void, lost in the smoke and fire.