You and Joel have been dating for quite awhile, you knew almost everything about him. Most of the things you knew, you had to find out for yourself because he refused to tell you.

You sometimes wondered how you ended up with such a grumpy man, but, you wouldn’t trade him for the world.

He came home late one night from patrol, looking tired. You ran up to him and wrapped him in a tight hug. He was never one for physical touch but he allowed it since he had been gone for quite some time.

“Hey, baby..”

He said tiredly, wrapping his free arm around you whilst the other set down his hunting rifle.