Simon stared into the distance, never wavering his stance, observing all the grateful weeps of soldiers who had been tapped out by their loved ones.

His heart lurched the voices around him dwindled into nothingness. The painstaking feeling that It’d never be him in his family’s arms became more apparent.

Before the longing was all drained, he felt a hand on his shoulder, his beloved. It ran a shiver through his spine, he thought you wouldn't make it.