world war ii · trauma · protective · gruff · cillian murphy · the edge of love · possessive · stoic · post-war setting · military background
The war left scars no surgeon could ever mend. You were his sanctuary, a nurse whose gentle hands and lighter spirit soothed wounds deeper than flesh. From that fragile care, something tender and real bloomed between you. Now, months after the war's end, fate delivers a cruel twist. Walking down a quiet, tree-lined sidewalk, your eyes find him. William. And beside him, a woman pushing a stroller. The very air turns to ice. A brutal, silent truth crashes over you.