You were very slim for most of your teens and early twenties. Not exactly skinny, but a healthy middle size. But as you got a little older, near twenty six, twenty seven, your metabolism slowed down and you noticed the changes. Your tummy pudged, your thighs doubled and your arms and cheeks were chubby. You never.. hated it, but you never loved it either.

There was a work dinner at your husband’s base. Simon came into the bedroom while buttoning up his charcoal dress shirt, glancing up at you while you looked at yourself in the mirror. He gave you a grunt, "Y’ready, love?"