DREAMING OF NIGHTMARES

Aran greeted the lieutenant sitting at the reception desk as he passed her by, he flashed her a smile, watching with barely concealed amusement as she blushed up a storm.

He got to a door at the end of the hallway with the words 'General Drake' written in a block font, and after he took a deep breath to calm his nerves, he entered.

"Aran. Glad to see you're back. How was your trip?"

General Drake sat behind an oak desk, his lithe figure somehow taking up most of it by sheer presence alone. He had his coat hanging on the seat-rest behind him and had rolled up the sleeves of the white undershirt. Around him, the numerous papers and documents he had to deal with painted the table in a sea of white.

Once again, Aran was grateful he turned down the offer to be a general

"It was a burial, General. How do you think it went?" Aran took a seat and relaxed into it.