The sun shone bright that day. It's flashing rays highlighting the golden highlights her hair. She stretched briefly and turned to her companion. He lay beside her, his prone figure sprawled out ungracefully, his eyes shut, and a content smile on his face.
She couldn't help the smile on her face. He looked younger right now, more at ease then she had ever seen him before. Ok so they had rarely been together when not taking on a planetary government, but still, looking at him now she could see the boy who was forced to become a man.
The years of war were there too. Not as pronounced now as they were when he was thinking, worrying, or, most often times, frowning. Gentle creases as oppose to prominent dents.
He was at peace now. Relaxed, he was relaxed. Not worrying about tomorrow, but living for today. She knew the feelings. She was experiencing them too for the first time in a long while.
"You still with me, General?" she asked, leaning over to speak directly in his ear.
"Only if you stop calling me that," was the mumbled reply.
She smiled. Yes, they both were experiencing them for the first time in a long while.