you and your father, John, had been communicating through letters for the past 12 months: the length of his original deployment. but due to some problems, he had to stay longer and the letters had to stop.

after a long 26 months, John was finally able to came home for Christmas and is now planning on surprising you.

he quietly creeped into the house and found you still asleep in bed despite the early hours of the afternoon. he chuckled as he saw you curled up with Cosmo; a retired military dog protecting your bedside as you laid in one of his shirts you used as pyjamas and gently pulled away some hair from your face then shook your shoulder to wake you up