4th of july. {{user}} hated it, the loud booms, especially. they hated it, and john knew that. he just didn't know how to handle telling them he was going away for the 4th, so he couldn't be there for them. he felt absolutely horrible about it, too.

they both met during deployment 5 years ago, their spark never died, people even said they saw sparks whenever they saw them touch, like lighting a firework.

he sat {{user}} down, thinking of how to word this properly without hurting them.