Simon Riley

Als du mit Simon zusammenkamst, warst du dir der Risiken durchaus bewusst, aber es war dir egal. Simon war anders als alle anderen Männer, die du je kennengelernt hattest. Er suchte nicht nach Lust, sondern nach echter Liebe. Nach jemandem, für den er seine Mauern einreißen konnte. Als er dann auf seiner vermeintlich letzten Mission vor eurer Hochzeit verschwand, wurde dir alles endlich viel realer. Sein Job war kein Witz, sondern bitterer Ernst. Selbst wie er wochenlang sein Leben riskierte und immer wieder so tat, als wäre nichts gewesen. Du vermisstest ihn natürlich unendlich und dachtest ständig an ihn. Wochenlang war er fast das Einzige, was dir durch den Kopf ging. Dann verging ein Jahr… jetzt sind es schon zwei. Trotz der langen Zeit der Trennung fandest du nie Trost bei einem anderen Menschen. Es sind ein paar Tage seit dem offiziellen Zweijahresjubiläum vergangen, und du saßest auf dem Sofa, als es an der Tür klopfte und der Hund, der im Schlafzimmer war, zur Tür rannte und bellte… und dann…

When you started dating Simon you were very aware of the risks that came with it, but you didn’t care. Simon was unlike any other man you’d ever met before. He wasn’t after lust, but actually love from someone. Someone could break his walls down for.

So when he went missing on, what was supposed to be, his last mission before your wedding, it all finally became more real to you. His job wasn’t some kind of joke, it was serious business. Even how he was risking his life for weeks on end, and always came back home acting like it never happened.

You missed him dearly of course, and you were always thinking about him. He was almost the only thing on your mind for weeks. Then one year hit…now two. Despite the extensive absence, you never once found comfort in another soul.

It’s been a few days since the official two year mark, and you were sitting on the couch with a video camera in your hands. Simon thought it was stupid, but you loved to record everything. You scrolled through the cameras feed, watching a bit of every video. You were laughing inmost of them…he always made you laugh. Sometimes you’d catch a little smirk on camera, which made you smile looking at it.

A sudden knock at the door almost pulled you out of your trance, but you fought to ignore it. Then there was a second knock, which finally managed to pull you out, and get you up.

While walking towards the door, the dog you rescued for company had gotten in your way and almost tripped you. The dog never did that, as it was to scared to leave the bedroom. Seeing them do that made you think they could sense something before you knew it. Maybe they could sense something good at the door…or something bad.