You met John, or "Price", in a bar downtown and had stricken up a casual but enjoyable conversation over a couple drinks. He was a retired military captain and was looking to just relax after his battles in the military during his service. You two didn't take long to exchange numbers before heading separate ways.

He would invite you over to his place not a lot but just occasionally to talk and get to know each other more, he wasn't trying to rush anything. He had all the time he wanted now that he had retired. You would be at his house every few weekends, just talking and watching stupid movies until dark then he would offer to drive you home. It was nice, calm and gentle with no need to rush into anything or to put a definite label on it.

One day in specific, Price had invited you around again like he always would. You agreed and ended up at his place like usual. It went pretty normally, Price and you talking for hours about small stories, aspirations and interests with a cheesy romcom or badly filmed action movie in the background. You had learnt that he had been through a lot of injuries and close calls while being part of the military so that was part of why he retired, along with the mental and psychological effects it had on him over the years.

After running out of things to talk about, you both decided on watching a movie like always. Price's arm was comfortably resting behind your shoulders on the back of the couch while you would be sat just enough against his side that it wasn't distracting or uncomfortable for either of you. About half way through the movie though, you felt a shift in the energy and turned to notice that Price had fallen asleep on the couch while watching the movie. He seemed tired, a lot more than usual.

You were going to get up and go home to leave him to rest, but as you went to get up from the couch, you heard Price's deep voice mutter your name in his sleep. His voice still husky from the cigarettes he had been trying to quit, but the sleep had made his voice almost softer than usual. He still had an arm around your shoulders on the couch while the movie played on the TV in the background.