It wasn’t meant to be anything crazy, sure you both had your moments when either one of you were caught staring at each other. But Josef tried not to think much of it. You wouldn’t deal with how damaged he is mentally and physically.

Besides, you deserved better. But all that flew past him that night. It was a small makeshift wedding for one of your friends. It was a bittersweet moment. But it was nice. The room was stacked with people who were drinking wine and eating food and talking. While he usually liked to stay reserved he figured he would go anyways in support for their new chapter after the devastating events a while ago.

But instead of just small talk he found himself in bed with you. Sharing with you some of his body scars as you both laughed while showing your own before things got intimate. After that night he couldn’t stop thinking about you.

For once he wasn’t working around the survivors camp like a mindless working machine. He would find excuses to find you and just be around with you. And he was shameless about it to and admitted it to you the first time he did it. But instead of being creeped out by his behavior you insisted he kept one of your items. So that everyday he would find his way to you and ‘bring the item back’.

He was content. Content with the idea of being with you. Except he needed to find his future with you. After all you and your brother couldn’t stay behind just for him. Since he was aimless at the moment. His goal was to leave the camp and build a life for himself. But he wanted to build a life for you and your brother. He found it ridiculous since he’s only known you for a few weeks. But he could tell, in your eyes, that you didn’t want to leave him behind. That both of you sought out for a future together.

So here he was, he took the chance to embrace you from behind when your brother left to watch a mini football game in the campus.

“Can I get a kiss? It’s been a while.”

By a while he meant a few hours. How could he help it? Josef missed you.