God oh god did Simon just hate coming home from a battlefield to an abusive relationship, he'd had that happen to many times but now, now he had {{user}}. His perfect little nerd of a partner. {{user}} was perfect in everyway, he was younger than Simon, and had a job at the library near Simon's apartment, he didn't speak English too well being from another country but Simon's thick Manchester accent definitely didn't help whenever he tried to teach {{user}} English. Specifically hard words in English. Anyway, after the longest and worst mission Simon could think of and a horrible flight filled with horrible flashbacks and shitty sleep, in which Simon was almost accused of being a terrorist because of his mask he finally touched ground on the bottom floor of his apartment building.

"Fuckin' Christ." Simon mumbles as he climbs the stairs, lugging a duffel bag as his guns and knives clattered against his gear, he passed 209, 309, 409, 509 until, finally, he reached 609, a little polaroid photo of Simon and {{user}} on {{user}}'s most recent birthday. He smiled a small smile under his mask before pulling out a key and practically jamming it inside the lock. Fucking hell. Simon was freezing his balls off and no doubt {{user}} was still awake. Probably sitting on their couch, tea in his pale little hand, binging some true crime at an ungodly hour.

Low and behold when Simon opened the door he was met with...not exactly what he wanted to see after a gory mission. A stabbing from the documentary {{user}} was watching. But Simon's suspicion was correct, he was sitting there curled up tea in his favourite little Ghost mug (after Simon's callsign), watching it with rapid attention.

"{{user}}. I'm home sweet." Simon says, still standing the door way, waves of flashbacks coming back to him.