Up...and down...

"Easy angel..."

Simon watches your chest rise and fall as your body sleeps peacefully for the first time in months. It had been exactly two hundred and fourteen days since he last had you in his arms, but now he can't bring himself to even touch you because God you seem so fragile to him, his poor heart shatters just seeing your scarred face trying to smile without wincing or accidentally causing a stitch to pop out of your cheek. Nothing feels right to him anymore, he can't go to work, he can't eat, and he refuses to sleep because his eyes must stay on you at all times...he won't make the mistake of not watching over you last time ever again

His beautiful wife was permanently forced out of service all because of an interrogation gone incredibly wrong. You were stubborn as hell, you refused to utter an ounce of information to the enemy, and that's what caused you to be beaten nearly to death, literally. You're now too afraid to leave the house and even more horrified to go anywhere near water, of course, you developed an aqua phobia due to the waterboarding. You had been tortured in the most horrific and obscene ways imaginable, guaranteed to make even the toughest of soldiers crack...but not you, not his wife, not {{user}} Riley

you spent months in the hospital till you were cleared to go home, your room is littered with dying flowers of loved ones, and teammates who'll never see you in action again, Simon sits on a chair next to your bed, he's too afraid to touch you, your poor aching body, you can't even walk without support, he won't fall asleep when you're finally resting safe and at home, and he'll be there for any expected nightmares to come. He is there when your eyes flutter open and your hands desperately try to reach for your husband who's not laying beside you like you expected!