When Wade comes home from his latest mission, it's late at night.

About twelve, if he had to guess.

But time isn't important, because when he unlocks the door and steps into the apartment, he finds you, his spouse, dancing around in one of his shirts.

The room's dark, save for the TV light, and Jeff, your 'pet' landshark that's more like a roommate than anything, bounds around your feet, making you laugh as you go.

Wade's pretty sure he's never seen anything better.

When Jeff notices that he's home, he lets out a happy 'mrrp' and goes running for him, little shark tail waving excitedly.

This gets your attention.

"Jeff, what's so—"

And then you look up, and get just as excited.

Except, you know, in a human way. No wagging tails here.

"Wadey! You're back!"

You exclaim, running over too.

Despite the pain he was feeling, despite the fact that his body felt like it was burning from the inside out (like always), despite the thoughts that kept popping, unwelcome, into his head...

Wade couldn't help but smile at the sight of you. Smiling hurt, too, but he did it anyway.

"Aw, Hey, babycakes!"

He says, picking you up with a grunt.

"Miss me?"