Not About Being Heroic (Pacific Rim)

Six months have passed since the end of the war and life has moved on, except for one ex-ranger who continues to isolate himself in the past. Though he still does his job as newly appointed Marshal, nobody has heard from Herc. Concerned, Raleigh decides to confront Herc on his sudden distant behavior and finds out that things are much more worse than he imagined.

-- POST CANON || also references details from the novelization --
|| content warning: death (spouse, brother, son, friend), cancer, cigarettes, food, not eating, family abandonment -- proceed at your own discretion ||