They lost the war.
Nobody thought they would, but they did. Nobody thought so because they had everything and people who have everything don’t lose. They had years of training and the best weaponry and lifetimes of knowing the guys, the ones they were told to die along – if it came to that, which it did.
They all didn’t die of course. That’s because they didn’t fully lose. They just wouldn’t win, so they were called home. It’s the ones who didn’t die that didn’t win who are called calls losers.
The ones who didn’t die that didn’t win will go back home to their husbands or wives who greeted them with large hugs and larger kisses (if the kids weren’t looking). Then, without thought of a gun or an explosion or any blood they get into a quiet care with the family and drive home.
When they get home, they go into their very nice bathrooms to relieve themselves, in whatever way they do, and then exit to the living room to sit on the couch. Their respective spouses emerge from the kitchen with a cold drink and sit close and turns on the television.
It will be a game show playing on the television, but the volume will be turned down so it’s only background noise. They’ll order pizza or Chinese or Thai – something quick and fulfilling. Their spouses will order their usual orders, and if there are kids they can watch them make a happy mess of themselves.
Dinner will be over and the kids will want to play for a bit. Toys are thrown about the floor and for an hour or two there is content chaos in the household before they tire out.
Then it’s time for the lovers. The veteran will be serious, but the spouse will be a wet mess, sobbing of relief. They’ll start to kiss. They lose their clothes once the bedroom door opens and the lights are barely put on – just a dim ambience. Then they’re on the bed and they lose all inhibitions. They will have sex and it will be very passionate and probably a little hard because it emerged out of grief, relief and desperation. For a few seconds, they’ll completely lose their minds.
Afterward, they’ll lose all ability to stay awake and they’ll fall asleep. It will make them wonder what they lost at all.
1 comments:
Hey Tom!
I really like where you took this. The concept of losing and winning is so different for people. Winning, for some, is absolute victory, for others, it is simply surviving another day. I think it was appropriate in terms of length. I also enjoyed how you used the word "lose" in the last few sentences.
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