Alan was his name. He was an army recruiter-turned-TV-actor who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a private. He looked like the guy in high school every girl has a crush on, but he was one hell of a soldier who lost most of his hearing due to the bombs he had lived through. Miraculously, he came out of the war without any visible physical scars, but the mental scars were far from invisible.

When he returned home to his family, Alan and his wife decided to take a trip to Disney World to celebrate. That night, there were fireworks, and Alan was already ducked down and 40 yards from his wife by the time he realized what his body was doing. The entire crowd around him was dead silent and staring at him. They had split apart like the Red Sea did for Moses, and Alan looked back at his wife, who had tears streaming down her face.