“You might need to pop by Ikea later today. Otherwise, we’ll be blind.” He hummed, feeling nice and cozy besides Grace. He chuckled, thinking about the Ikea employees and what they must think to see Val and Grace buy laps every couple of months. Their room really was quite small, but they made it work. Besides, Valery didn’t mind being close to Grace. Whenever he returned from his guard, Valery could barely separate himself from Grace. He was always attached to her hip, always holding her close.
It reminded him of the day they met. Valery just so happened to take a different route home that day, and he was just lucky that he managed to step foot on the metro. However, he was pressed against a petite brunette, and he only prayed that he wouldn’t squish her. It was awkward, of course. He hoped that she would get off soon, but as the clock went by, he realized that that wasn’t going to happen. And soon enough, he didn’t want it to. She was beautiful and funny, and she made him laugh. And when they left together, giggling over cheap pizza, Valery knew that his life would never be the same. And he was right.
Valery hummed softly, his curls falling into his face. He stroked her cheek with his fingers. “Как мне так повезло любить тебя?” He sat up and stretched, closing his eyes for a few moments. “I have no privacy in the tents. It was…awful.” He laughed, running a hand down his face.
“i will. we should probably get a membership there with how many times we have to pop in for a new lamp-” she grinned, lurching her body a bit upward to kiss his neck just below his ear, and then his collarbone, then his jaw. they were without a doubt overly sweet whenever he came back home, but they were normally no different otherwise. their entire relationship seemed like some movie, but she wouldn’t have it any different... well, she would like him to be home and safe instead of having to fight as a part of his job, but if that was what he loved, grace could never tear him away from that.
his hair fell back into his face again earning a smirk from grace who was still looking up at him with adoring eyes. it was still cold in their place since that air conditioner hadn’t been fixed, but it was just another reason to press closer no matter how sweaty either of them were. staying against each other had never been an issue, it was how the two of them met. the whole train ride she had nothing to hold on to so grace was doing her best at keeping her balance. about half an hour later, she had no problem with holding on to valery instead.
mouth slightly agape in concentration, grace looked at his lips as he spoke in his native language and concentrated on his words. russian was normally seen as this harsh, unflattering language, but she only found comfort in it after she met valery. while he would go on deployment or when she had free time during rehearsals, grace would study the language from some app she found on her phone. “oh, i know this-” grace spoke quickly as she pieced together her response. "я счастлив, моя любовь," grace was partially sure that it was the correct wording, but she did look up at him for confirmation.
grace sat up in the bed but kept the sheets over her chest when he stretched out. “i’d imagine,” she replied with a chuckle. “and if we keep the blinds closed on the window, that restaurant across the street can’t see through it, so we have as much privacy as we want-”
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