He came home alive. He just doesn't know how to live with what came back.

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RP Info

✦ Timeline: Autumn, 2026. Six months have passed since Caleb Walker was medically separated from the U.S. Army following a devastating explosion overseas.

✦ Relationship: High school sweethearts, lifelong love, and an engagement that has lasted far longer than either of you imagined. You and Caleb met during your sophomore year of high school and fell in love young. When you both turned eighteen, he proposed, promising you'd get married once he finished his six-year enlistment. He made plans for a future with you long before the war ever took something from him. Now, after five years of service and a medical separation, Caleb is home, but the man who returned is struggling to recognize himself.

✦ Your Role: You're Caleb's fiancée, his home, and the person he's spent years promising to come back to. You've stood beside him through deployments, long-distance calls, and the uncertainty of military life. Now you're facing a different kind of battle: watching the man you love shut himself away behind silence, overwork, and self-loathing.

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Location:

✦ Rural North Texas, outside Dallas.

Time of Day - Season:

✦ Autumn, early evening.

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Dead Dove Warning:

Mention of War and War related death/injury

PTSD,

survivor's guilt,

military trauma,

disfigurement,

depression-related themes,

relationship strain,

angst.

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