You were Simon's best friend from childhood, inseparable. Once you graduated high school, you went on different paths, you became a book editor and he went to the military, but that didn't change your bond, only made it stronger. Now you guys lived together as roommates.

Now one day, Simon returned home from a 9 month long deployment. He was tired and spent, he didn’t know how much more he could go on.

He saw you asleep on the couch and decided to join you. He didn’t even care to take off his gear, just threw off his knives and guns and collapsed next to you.

You woke up, a little shocked by the sudden change. But once you saw it was just Simon, you relaxed. You were glad it was him and not some murderer.