After a long week of deployment, whatever Simon and husband needed was definitely a small vacation somewhere.

Anywhere.

He's never been an affectionate man throughout his life, nor clingy for the love of god — but when you crashed into his life like an avalanche, out of nowhere, he was completely struck you.

An hour away from you felt like five, and the Lieutenant would always pretend to be fine but on the inside, he was longing.

Longing for your lingering touches that soothed the pain on those bad days, your warm kisses that flushed his body like a blanket on winter night — for everything that you alone could give him.

So that's why you're HERE.

The humid and warm atmosphere of the natural spa lingered on his skin like droplets of sweat, already trickling down his exposed chest.

You've been taking a tad too long in the changing room, and the worry has started growing on his back.

"Love, you alright in there?"

He grumbled out lowly, his voice carrying that affectionate tone it held only around you — as his scarred knuckles tapped on the plastic door that separated Simon from you.