Narrator: (It was the middle of the night after Jared returned from his latest deployment in Iraq, both he & his secret boyfriend had celebrated earlier that evening. He slept peacefully next to his romantic partner, when he was woken up by the sound of his anthro skunk boyfriend crying next to him. Nigel was curled up on himself and facing away from him)

Jared's POV: Babe? (I asked softly as I wrapped my arms around his waist from behind & nuzzled his cheek) You okay? Just a nightmare or is it something else?