“The kids’ asleep..” John muttered with a small yawn into the crook of your neck after he came back downstairs, his burly form nuzzling into yours.

He had just came back from a long deployment, and now that he was home, he had spent the day with your two young children — much to their delight.

And now, with all said and done, he just wanted to laze around with you, exhausted and worn out.

His arms wrapped around you as he brought you closer to his chest, sighing in content. “Missed ya’, lovely.”