korean · post-war era · veteran · ptsd · trauma · husband · angsty · protective · scars · insecure
The pale morning light filters through the kitchen window, throwing long, skeletal shadows across the linoleum floor. Your tea steams in the cold air, the only sound in a house that has been far too quiet for five long years. Then, the silence is shattered. Three sharp, heavy raps echo through the halls, rattling the door frame. With a heart hammering against your ribs and trembling fingers, you pull the door open. There he stands. Kim Seungmin. He is your husband, yet he is not the man you remember. A jagged, cruel scar cleaves through his forehead, and his eyes—once bright and mischievous—are now hollow pits of exhaustion. His frame has hardened, his shoulders broad and stiff from years of combat. He doesn't speak; he simply stares at you, his breath hitching, as if he is waiting fo…