I'm making another experiment with the short chapter because of how busy I am and how much I want to still be able to write. I really hope you like it.

The day dawned bright and cold. There were no clouds and the sun came up early, getting in through the gaps in the curtains, falling squarely across the bed.

The sound of a soft groan woke him from his heavy sleep. A noise made in half-wakefulness, in a voice that was not his. He could feel a gentle weight on his chest, a softness he wasn't used to. He opened his eyes.

It was Grace.

Grace Carter was there with him, in his bed, lying with him and naked with him. One of her legs was draped over his, her knee resting between both of his.

Surely, this was a dream- another dream. But he couldn't move, not without waking her. Her weight was pinning him to his tiny bed. There was barely room for both of them.

He laid his hand almost timidly on her hair where it began to fall down her back. A half empty bottle of brandy on his bedside table caught his eye. He was beginning to remember now.

The armistice had been signed. The war was over. That was not to say that they had any shortage of work- there were still plenty to be healed- but it was over. At last. they had waited so long for that to be true in any sense at all.

And there had been celebrations. The usual nonsense in the officers' mess, but he, Gillan and Hesketh-Thorne had extracted themselves as soon as possible and gone back over to where the nurses and aides and VADs were celebrating with the men. He had caught Grace's eye across the ward and exchanged with her the brightest smile he thought he'd ever seen. Everyone was happy, everyone.

Only when things were dying down did he get the chance to speak to her.

She was saying goodnight to some of the volunteers and he approached her quietly, gently touching her elbow.

"Come with me for a nightcap? Please?" he asked her.

She turned her head towards him, just a fraction, so that her lips were close to his for a moment.

"Alright," she replied quietly, "I'd like that."

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