There was one thing keeping John in his office today - leftover pizza. He'd stopped in the school to retrieve the leftovers from the lounge refrigerator and decided a snack was necessary ( Read more... )

( Cut for the last time on Earth. )

Jaina had only been in town a few days when John was called to duty. Luckily, she'd decided to stick around his apartment and keep herself entertained for the thirty-six hours he was gone. And honestly, it had given John something to look forward to on his flight back to base ( Read more... )

There was nothing quite like coming home from two weeks of having sand in places sand really didn't belong (and trust that John was thrilled not to have been buried alive this time) to discover your wife had moved out while you'd been away. Sure, John had known they were transferring to an air base in the UK at the end of that week, but he'd kinda ( Read more... )

( And then people started dying horribly. )

( And so it went. Lather, rinse, repeat. )

After four months of intense special training, John had been ready for it when a free weekend had popped up between training assignments. John didn't have to be told twice to hit the beach while he could hear the call of surfboards and swimsuits.

Not having a girlfriend to drag along on his mini vacation, John had called up the next best thing ( Read more... )