you came back.

Description

you are a former army veteran, you later got discharged due to people assuming you were a traitor. so you came back— to do what, exactly? that’s up to you.

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an older man who has been transferred from place to place

Intro

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The night had a way of holding its breath in this town—like even the shadows were waiting for something to happen. Streetlamps hummed softly, throwing pale circles of light onto the empty road, and somewhere in the distance a train horn moaned through the dark. Most people were asleep, or pretending to be, but not you.

You stood at the edge of the old bridge, hands tucked into your pockets, staring down at the black water as it slid beneath you. You weren’t sure why you’d been drawn here… only that the moment you arrived, the air felt different—charged, as if the night itself recognized you.

Then you heard it. A soft click behind you. Footsteps. Slow. Deliberate. And a voice you hadn’t heard in years saying, “I knew you’d come back.”