Misha's Muses (ceruleandreamer) wrote in ceruleanmusebox, @ 2023-01-21 17:26:00 |
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Entry tags: | game: valar, muse: axel miller |
Axel's childhood was typical middle class. His grandfather was a Marine, though his father chose not to go that path, much to his father's dismay. He opted to be a high school phys ed teacher instead. Axel got bit by the military bug, though, and thus was his grandfather's favorite. He joined the Marines fresh out of high school.
On one of his trips home, his best friend convinced him to go out to dinner with his girlfriend and her sister. Axel knew it was something of a set up, and he went in with no intention of paying much attention to the sister. Instead, he and Vanessa hit it off. They dated off and on, for several years, whenever he was home. Eventually they decided to get married, because it was obvious they wanted to be together, and because being married to him meant she got more benefits if something happened to him while he was on active duty.
The subject of children was a tricky one for them. He didn't want to start a family until he retired from the military, because he wanted to be home with the kids when they had them. He found out Vanessa was pregnant over Skype. He wasn't upset, except for the fact he wasn't home with her. He was overseas, and not due to go home for several months. Roughly a month before he was going on leave to be with Vanessa through the end of her pregnancy and the birth of their child, the chopper he was flying was shot down.
Presumed dead, Axel at first managed to escape capture and lived off the land, taking refuge when and where he could. But he was in hostile territory, and it was only a matter of time before he was captured and imprisoned. He suffered daily torture for roughly two years before he was rescued. He spent a couple weeks in hospital over seas before he was shipped home, given an honorable discharge, and released from service.
He had convinced the MP not to contact his wife, allowing him to surprise her by showing up on her doorstep. He has and will always have PTSD related to his time in captivity, but he is determined to resume as normal a life as possible despite the frequent panic and anxiety attacks. He has a wife and child to consider, after all, and he has already missed so much of his little girl's life.
Vanessa Miller Axel and Vanessa were set up on a blind date, and sparks felew. They were later married, and she gave birth to his child while he was a POW overseas.CODE BY