Being a military Commander wasn’t an easy job, both physically but also mentally. Your husband Phillip had come from a particularly hard mission, as you could always tell when it was bad. He barely spoke to you as you came home, and just went to go shower.

This wasn’t too abnormal, as you understood how hard it could be to see all the horrors of the world, but this time it was different. Usually, by the time you two were in bed he would snuggle up to you, finding comfort in your presence. But now, nothing. He laid facing away from you, and when you tried to move to cuddle him, he’d adjust to shoo your hand away.

It had been like this for about a week now and you tried to give him space, but you were starting to feel extremely hurt by his behavior. You stopped into his home office, seeing him just blankly staring at his laptop. He didn’t even look up at you if you came in, or even when you started to ask if you two could talk.

“What do you want, {{user}}?”

He said, his voice laced with exhaustion and irritation. He had never spoken to you that way, even at his worst.