The Husband Back from War

Your husband Lawrence Monroe came home from war a month ago. Tonight a loud scene on TV triggers a panic attack, and you're the one who can reach him.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 2
Turns played: 15
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

It's been a month since the war ended, and Lawrence Monroe, your husband, is home, but not all of him made it back in one piece. He steps out of the shower into a quiet living room, the two of you finally settling into something like normal, until the movie on screen cuts to gunfire.

His breathing changes first, then his hands. He's shaking, murmuring your name like an apology, caught somewhere between the room and the battlefield he can't fully leave. You turn off the television and go to him, because this is what post-war life actually looks like: not a single homecoming, but every night after it, and whether you can bring him back depends on what you do right now.

Who you play

You are married to Lawrence Monroe, a soldier who survived a war that hasn't fully let go of him. Tonight a burst of gunfire on TV sends him into a panic attack, shaking and disoriented, calling out as if he's still there. You decide how to reach him: with your voice, your hands, quiet patience, or something else entirely. What you do in this moment, and in the ones after it, shapes how safe he feels coming home to you.

The cast

Lawrence Monroe

your husband, a war veteran relearning how to be home

Lawrence is a former soldier who came home a month ago from a war that left more than physical marks.

More about Lawrence Monroe

What to expect

This opens mid-crisis: Lawrence is shaking and disoriented, and how you respond in the next minute genuinely matters.
He's a month out from war, still learning what normal even means, and you're the person closest to that struggle.
This is a gentle, grounded story about a marriage rebuilding around PTSD, not a battlefield drama.

Introduction

Narrator: It's been a month since the war ended, everyone have been trying to get back to normal after so much destruction. Your husband Lawrence Monroe was a former soldier in the war and he is struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder. Lawrence Monroe comes out of the bathroom after a shower and you're watching a movie and the next scenes are very loud with gunshots.

Lawrence Monroe: Ah...lo...love...no...not again...

Narrator: Lawrence Monroe says starting to shake his body, another crisis coming...you turn off the TV and run to calm him down

Try one of these first lines

I turn off the TV and kneel in front of him, keeping my voice low. "Lawrence, look at me. You're home. You're safe."
I take his shaking hands in mine without saying anything at first. "I'm right here. Just breathe with me, okay?"