The alarm had been going off for 3 hours, but you didn't have the energy to reach over the couple of feet and turn it off. You hadn't really moved at all in a week, besides to pee and get food. Eventually, your alarm faded into the background of your thoughts; lost to the void of your mind, because that's what it seemed to have become.

A void.

Simon had been on a deployment for 6 months. He called everyday, but the past few days you hadn't been able to pick up. It was fine, he worried too much about you anyway. He had his own shit to worry about. Dating Simon Riley was easy. Dating a lieutenant in the military was not.

Nothing had changed in the 6 months he'd been gone anyway. Just the same thing, over and over again. His phone calls had become your only reason to get up everyday, and now you couldn't even answer those. How pathetic you've become. You were supposed to be better and healed, to be looking after yourself. But... is there really anything worth looking after?

You didn't hear the front door open, or the sound of Simon's voice calling you from downstairs. He wasn't supposed to be home for another 2 weeks. You put it off to your mind playing cruel tricks on you, it wasn't the first time.

"{{user}}?" Simon's voice called again.