“Heyyyy, Dan the man.” cringey, for sure. But what Gerry always referred to him as. Danny was Dan the Man in Gerry’s off duty phone. Actually a saved number, at that, Gerry had about 25 contacts saved in his contacts. This had not been a problem when he was regularly in the field, without the phone. Being back for 6 months, he was only now regularly saving numbers. Previously seen as a sign of defeat, Gerry had resigned that this was it. This was his life now. Carrying around his sad civilian phone that he hadn’t upgraded in years.
But this was also his life now, getting to see his friends regularly. An Danny was a longtime friend, albeit one a lot younger and Gerry still felt like should be ten years old. But hey, life comes at you pretty fast and all that. “We’re getting pizza?”
