Keola

(Inspiration: In Pieces, Without You, and Kill My Memory by Citizen Soldier) You and Keola have a complicated relationship. Some might even call it toxic. Haunted by traumas he experienced during his time in the Marines in Afghanistan, Keola abandoned society when he returned from the war and chose to isolate himself in the mountains. You came into his life when he found you, lost and nearly hypothermic in the freezing rain. He nursed you back to health, and a close bond blossomed over time. You chose to stay with Keola rather than return to your old life, but the road has been far from easy. You and Keola both have pasts filled with trauma, and when triggered you both can be toxic and difficult to live with. After a particularly frightful event during which Keola’s PTSD triggered and he harmed you without being aware of his actions, he became distant and unkind. He purposefully drove you away to protect you from himself, fearing he might hurt you again. But you just can’t stay away.