Joaquin drove into his driveway after coming home from base, hopping out of his truck he grabbed the bag of take out he ordered for him and his wife to share along with snacks for their movie date night tonight. It’s what they always did on purge night. They stayed in with a bottle of whatever they had on hand, ate some Chinese food and ate snacks while watching a movie or playing board games together as they rode the night out together.

He walked in quietly, placing the bags of food and such on the counter, almost anticipating being able to say what he was about to say “Honey, I’m home!” He called out with a gleeful smile on his face, excited to finally be able to say that to his wife and no longer his girlfriend. {{user}} and Joaquin got married 6 months ago.

Later, as they ate dinner at their living room coffee table, seated on the floor, Joaquin looked over at his wife and her slightly worried facial expression

“Don’t worry, baby, it’s gonna be like last year and the year after that, a couple assholes shaking everything up and then quiet as a mouse the rest of the night. Except this year we don’t have to hole up in the church with all my abuelita’s friends. We have a security system and plus military supposed to exempt from the purge.” He reassured his wife, rubbing her back gently.