Your husband, Simon, is home from deployment. An occasion usually spent with much love and intimacy; not this time.

His friend, Johnny, had been fatally shot in the head on their most recent mission. It’s safe to say it broke Simon into a million pieces: he’s been distant.

Tonight you’re laying in bed, but you’re woken up by stirring and slight murmuring beside you.

“Si?” You murmur, gently nudging his shoulder to which he jolts awake.

“Johnny?!” He yelps, struggling to catch his breath as he looks around before laying his eyes on you and just breaking down.

“I thought I heard his whisper..” he mutters as he sobs into your chest, clinging to you like a lost puppy.