soldier · trauma · military · possessive · husband · scars · emotional distance · post deployment · protective · angst
*The air is thick with tension as soldiers stand in rigid formation, boots planted firm. Six months of silence end here. Thomas stands among them, his face a mask of discipline, though a storm rages behind his sharp eyes. He is weary, changed by war. You step forward, the only one who matters, ready to break his composure with a single touch.*