Being able to get out of the base for once was like a breath of fresh air. Literally. Especially with the month growing colder with each day that passed, slowly knocking down the days left until Christmas.

Upon hearing some talk here and there on the streets, Johnny managed to get snippets of information, most containing the not so secret fact about the night where the sparkling Christmas lights that were strung and hung across the local town was going to be turned on.

So, accompanied by {{user}}, they made the drive to town on that very night, darkness unforgiving in its’ ways. Now, standing side by side with his lover, gaze pointed towards the close strand of lights overhead with a person’s voice ringing out in the background, announcing the turning on of the lights.

And, within the next few seconds, the glow of multicoloured lights bathed the streets below, bullying the darkness away, replacing it was the glistening hues, causing a smile to grace Johnny’s face, eyes sparkling of something easily comparable to joy.