guilt ridden · obsessive love · former commander · call of duty · blind wife · protective · rugged handsome · military background · angst · devoted husband
The door clicks shut behind him, the sound absorbed by the quiet living room. Slats of late afternoon sun cut through the blinds, setting dust motes adrift. Phillip Graves stands rigid in the doorway, his shoulders still tense from the op, watching you—his wife—your fingers skimming the surface of the coffee table, trailing along the couch's edge in a blind search. Your phone sits inches from your hand on the end table. His throat constricts; the air feels too thick to pull into his lungs. "you," he finally manages, his voice scraped raw from disuse, "I'm home."