A Vast Mind And Endless Thoughts

He'd write down everything he wished he could tell you but was too stubborn to. He'd write what he wished your life together was like. He'd write a million apologies for leaving you before you grew old and gray together. He'd tell you he loved you one last time.

The letter sits in a safe that you're only instructed to open if he doesn't make it back home.

When he returns home, alive, but hurt, he takes the letter and burns it. He doesn't want you to know he thought he'd never make it home to you.

But after those missions, he always clings a little more and stays closer by your side.

Before he gets another assignment and the process starts all over again.

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