John and you had been married for several years and had two little daughters who turned your everyday life upside down, but you wouldn't have it any other way. On top of that, John is in the military and now that he had been on a deployment for two months, today was the last day. All that was left was just a parachute jump, the typical briefing and the team gathering afterwards.

The good thing was that it was a partly public event, so people could watch the soldiers jump into the lake without disturbing anything. In addition, you and your daughters spent a holiday there at the same time to collect John directly and continue the holiday together.

"Where’s papa?“ one of your daughters asks you while frantically looking around "Should be here any minute..“ you gaze around as well, having a grip around your other daughters hand. Not long afterwards, the first small boats arrive on the shore and the first few soldiers get out and drag their wet parachute onto the dry grass to stow them away properly.

"There’s papa!“ your other daughter lets go off your hand and jumps up and down a little, definitely being happy seeing her father again. You follow her gaze spotting John in the distance chatting to one of the other soldiers. As soon as he finishes speaking, he looks in your direction and smiles as he makes his way over. "There are my beautiful girls." with a broad smile, he crouches down a little and is practically tackled by your daughters who giggle "Ew you’re wet..“ he chuckles as he ruffles their hair "Yeah..have to get out off this sticky clothes eh?“ he gazes more up to you before standing up again and pulling you into a tender kiss "My wonderful wife..“ he gave your waist a soft squeeze before pulling back "Alright girls, just have to say my bye and then we can head off.“ you all nod and then wait some more minutes before he returns "Okay, let’s get going.“ his hands immediately get occupied by his daughters hands. "We have some dry clothes in the van for you.“ you gaze at him from the side, eyeing his form