The End of Homecoming, Day 4

I finally slept the night before. The exhaustion of the week, the adrenal I was running on, having Sniper home safe and sound, and healing finally caught up with me. It was the first time in a two weeks I slept longer than a few hours (unless you count the 2 days of a drug induced sleep). We got up at 0850. Damn that felt good. Sleeping with the man of my dreams. We grabbed our cups of joe and headed outside for our morning smoke. We weren't out there more than a few minutes when we look over and see Red pull up behind us. Red had just drove back from dropping her boys off in Kansas and wanted to see Sniper when she pulled into town. Red and Wingman were married for a long time and going through a divorce now. In the midst of all of this, Red is getting out of the Navy and moving back home to Kansas. She is a Corpsman that was deployed last year to Afghanistan and will be leaving soon. I also as afraid that I wouldn't be able to say goodbye before I left to come home. She made it home in time. The three of us spent a few hours shooting the shit and enjoying each other's company. Red left and I knew the inevitable was coming. I had to pack my shit and get ready to go home. I wasn't ready to leave. I wanted to stay there forever and not leave Sniper. I knew he was ready for me to go home. He needed time for himself. I wasn't ready for reality though. He dropped me off at the airport and here we are...........This deployment and his homecoming is officially over. dyzgoneby