Cookie smoothed down her best gray pleated skirt and adjusted the hem of her pink sweater. She giggled as a brown curl slipped out of her bun and down her forehead when she bent over to slip on her black heels. She was going to see her soldier who was away at training and treat him to a nice dinner after he'd had a week of being out in the field with no civilized contact. She smiled just thinking about him and her brown eyes twinkled with excitement.
One of his roommates signed her onto the base and she hung out in the room with them until Ben came in from the day's work, covered head-to-toe in mud. She wrinkled her nose at him and pointed to the shower and he just smiled at her. The guys finished up their card game and then 'had something to do somewhere else' and winked at her as they left. She heard the water cut off as she was picking out a nice shirt for him to wear that matched her sweater.
He came out and gave her a quick kiss before turning to put on his pants. He reached for his shirt and she noticed numerous cuts, scrapes, and bruises all across his back. One of them was still raw so she stopped him and told him to sit down while she 'played nurse'. He gave in after a few weary protests and she began cleaning up the worst of the cuts on his back first. He winced with the pain but said nothing about it.
She moved to the front of him and leaned down to look at his face and chest. He could see the top lace of her thigh highs peeking out from under her skirt as she bent over him, doctoring a cut his shoulder, and he let out an involuntary groan. It had been so long since he'd had a break from training to see her. She cooed out in her soft voice, "Oh, I'm sorry. I'll be more careful next time" and finished what she was doing.
He waited a few minutes longer but when she put her fingers to his busted lip and reached for more alcohol, he'd had all he could stand. He covered her hand in his and kissed it as he stood up and looked down at her startled face. Her lips were slightly parted and her breath drew in quickly, her doe eyes looking innocently up at him. She was intoxicating and he lost himself. He put his arm behind her and pulled her to him. His opposite hand still holding hers, it fell to his chest as he dropped it to hold her in both arms.
He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. They were so soft, warm, and inviting and reminded him of all the reasons he missed her. When he was with her, the pain of the past week's training all seemed to disappear and just seemed worth it some how for this reward. A soft little sigh escaped Cookie's lips as her body relaxed into him. She had missed the feeling of being lost in his arms. She could feel his bare chest and smell his cologne. His hand lifted her chin up to him as he looked lovingly down at her and smiled. Her eyes were heavy lidded and she blushed as she looked away.