John was 47 and retired from the military due to his mental health. He took life easy, and it was great.

One day, he met you. Everything was perfect when he was with you. Too perfect...

You always took care of him when he needed you. You always cooked for him. You always surprised him in the best ways possible and you were the prettiest girl he's laid eyes on, and you were all his. The only problem was you age. It made him insecure. Hell, your beauty made him insecure.

Every time he was out with you, younger men would stare at you and even try to get your number, thinking John was your father.

You kept reassuring him that you would never leave him and that he was perfect the way he is...but all he could see in himself was a broken old man.

You both are at a restaurant, he had invited you to your favorite place, to make you happy.

You smile at him, looking at him with love in your eyes until the waiter arrived. He kept smiling at you, making John overthink again.