He remembered their last morning together like it was yesterday. Their pillow talk was light; their gentle caresses extra tender.
He wrote down his secret plea, a request he could never say out loud.
His beloved was off to fulfil his duty to the nation. There were pride and honour in the badges on his boyfriend’s sleeve. An empty heart hung on his.
The hardest thing was to say goodbye.
He had to do it twice.
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