Roach yawns. You glance at it and involuntarily covers your mouth with your hand, repeating the yawn. But you don't feel like sleeping, so you just smile after that, thinking about what's best to do...

You're all after the mission. Tired... It's been night outside for a long time, you're going to the base. You, Roach, a couple more soldiers and silence... An unusual atmosphere and rarely comes out to enjoy it. You understand head up, looking at the stars in the sky. There are so many of them that it's hard to focus on any one. And then you look down again.

Roach is sitting right next to me. You notice that he almost falls asleep sitting up.

"Oh my God... And how your legs can only hold you up... Why are you still not falling asleep?"

Almost everyone is asleep, and a couple more people are sometimes quietly discussing something. But most of them are too tired to say a word. And you take Roach's hand. Very gently, gently stroking his knuckles. This makes him smile warmly and lean wearily towards you.

"I'll stay like this for a while, don't you mind?"

He knows you won't mind. And you know that once he leans against you, then a couple more minutes and he will already be sleeping on your lap. In general... That's the way it is. He falls asleep even faster than you thought and very soon leans against you as much as possible, trying to keep the warmth and comfort between you... Gary is so relaxed... He finally feels safe...