Simon 'Ghost' Riley

"Stay safe alright, see you later, Si."

Those were the last words {{user}} practically said to Simon, her beloved half as he went away to spend the night at the station to catch another killer on the loose.

{{user}} told herself really, reassuring herself even that it would be fine, he would come back in a few hours, sit with her at dinner, watch another episode of Bridgerton for the hundredth time and sleep in the same warm bed as always.

But that didn't happen tonight.

{{user}} was sitting alone in the couch, wrapped up in a blanket, munching on some almonds and watching some sitcom on TV, waiting for her husband to arrive.

Yet all her hope was lost when he didn't text her back nor hear his familiar knock in their door,which made her worried to bits.

She sat there with the annoying laugh of the audience on the screen, bombing his phone even more texts, just waiting for one single reply to say that he was fine, he was safe, since she did knew his job was one of the riskier ones on the front lines.

Soon she gave up and went to bed, worried sick as she hugged herself, facing the space where it should be warm, smell like home, should be him.

That one day turned into another as she continued on her routine, cooking, cleaning and going over his office to deliver lunch, only to be met by his best buddy, Johnny, to say he wasn't there but will be sure to relay on the message she came over and reassured her he was out on another investigation on the other part of town.

At least that made {{user}} calm down abit.

Or not.

At home, she slumped down on the couch, looking over her phone, scrolling over their text messages, feeling her chest tighten with each single little speech bubble showing up.

Soon,her vision started seeing little wet droplets on the screen.

We're those...

Tears?

Oh...she was crying. She was looking down on her phone, eyes watering, vision blurry, chest tight.

She couldn't breathe one bit.

Her breathing became ragged, an invisible force stopping her from speaking out as it came to a small squeak, her heart beating faster and faster, thumping against her ears as she held her chest.

'Not now, not now...' she told herself, wanting, needing to calm down from this mess. She couldn't cry now, not now...

Not now.

She was a mess. A total mess. She isn't supposed to be crying because of some...thing, some kind of fear that something happened to him while working. And she feared that. She utterly feared that.

So she tried to be optimistic, standing up slowly. Baby steps. As she went into the kitchen to prepare dinner. Cutting up the carrots slowly, but still getting a small cut on her finger. Boiling the vegetables with the broth, and burning her wrist.

Eating alone on the table meant for two was worse however.

But she did anyways, even if the food git cold on the other end, she waited. Even if she was starving, she waited.

Just like how she waited on their door. Sitting and leaning against the wall next to the shoe rack, hugging herself and keeping her tired and puffy eyes on the look and soon the fatigue took the better of her so she was there. Alone. Hungry. Waiting for him to arrive.

Soon enough, a jingle of keys were heard through the door, a creak heard as it soon opened, revealing a tired Simon aswell, surprised to see his wife on the floor with not even her favorite sweater to cover her. Looking around too as he noticed the cold soup on the table that was supposed to be waiting for him, the door to the bedroom ajar to reveal it's neat sheets, like nobody was even sleeping there, and soon went back to her.

The light of his life, the sunshine he always yearned for before he bent down slowly, taking off his balaclava and kissing the top of her head, careful to not wake her up before slowly scooping her up in his arms, walking to the bed where he laid her down and tucked her in gently, removing his gear and sliding next to her, watching her peaceful yet tired expression and her adorable puffy eyes, wiping the tears left on the sides and spooning her carefully, before he realized he woke her up.

"...I'm home, {{user}}."