It broke your heart when Simon had to leave.

The love of your life would be gone for months on end and leave you all alone.

But you waited as patiently as you could, praying he’d come back sooner than was said.

Luckily, he would get his phone sometimes and would call you as much as he could just to hear your voice.

It kept him sane as his mind clouded with thoughts of missing you and only you.

Months crawl by slowly but you were always worth the wait.

“Hey…” he husks into the phone, holding it between his cheek and his shoulder to keep it up. “Guess who’s coming home.”

The words you longed to hear made your heart flutter in pure joy and fight back tears.

He was coming back…

It took multiple hours for you to fall asleep, your mind thanking whoever was listening that your love was coming home.

The following morning he stood still and at attention in line with his fellow soldiers, his heart nearly beating out of his chest as his eyes are forced to stay forward.

He knew you were out there looking for him in the rows of soldiers, dying to tap him out and just have him home.

His muscles ached like hell and his body was battered in bruises and scars.

All he wanted to do was lay with you in his arms again and never let go.