Anytime You Want

"Uh, Boss? There's more trouble in Manhattan." I scowl. Shrill alarms fill the ordinarily orderly room, with each person yelling commands down headsets. Each computer shows a different view of the chaos; the heat of the firebombs, the shrieks of the crowd.
"Send another squad down. Now." I don't look up from the flashing red alerts on my screen. The young Corporal is shaking, and this catches my eye. My eyes flick to him.
"I SAID NOW."
"S-Sir..t-the only p-p-people we have are 3-309."
"309?" I frown, scratching my head. "309's current mission has been postponed. Send them to New York." He nods, relieved at my concentration being elsewhere. I return to my continually flashing screen. Feral balaclava clad figures fill the high resolution monitor, the high tech images beamed directly from New York streets worlds away from the fuzzy thermal imaging that gave us an outline of the happenings in those far flung woods. The HQ is chaotic; I take a couple of white pills from a silver packet and rub my graying temples.

~

I yawn before I open my eyes.
"Morning sunshine." A blurry Gerard, sitting across from me with fresh coffee and a newspaper smiles.
"Morning?" I open my eyes properly and see the sunlight streaming in through the dusty window. "That was closer to a coma than a nap, Jesus." I catch sight of the tabloid Gerard flips through. "New York looks a mess."
"Yeah, I heard it is." I frown but Gerard wears a carefree grin. He puts the paper down and sits next to me.
"Relax, Frankie. Everything's going according to plan." He flirtatiously puts his lips to my jaw and kisses me up to my earlobe. He whispers against my ear. "Don't you trust me?"
"Of course I do" I mumble. I kiss his neck and he puts his arm around me. We sit in a comfortable silence on a warm crumpled duvet with sunlight kissing our cheeks.
"This is it" he breathes. He looks straight ahead, almost in a daze.
"This is what?" I turn to him, and he squeezes my hip, half a vacant smile on his face.
"This is peace. This is what I've always wanted." I kiss his cheek and he turns his head, so our faces are very close. He runs his nose down my jaw, and I smile.
"I love you Frankie."

Notes

sorry it's so short and shit and whatnot, but I promise there's some ass-kicking soon.
xo