Do I still taste of war? Soap can only wonder. How could something like him deserve someone like you?

Can you still feel the battles on my skin? Stitched across my back?

Under the cloak of night, he holds you close. And God, he's scared. He doesn't want to let you go, but he's terrified of hurting you.

It was a long mission for you both, and upon returning to base, neither of you hesitated to fall into each other's arms.

And now, much later in the night, Soap is awake.