A novella written by Joe Haldeman in 1999 in the voice of Merigey Potter, describing events that happened to her during her forced separation from William Mandella.
The space war left little time for love, but Merigey and William had six months of happiness while they were healing their wounds after the battles. A new assignment promoted them in rank and separated them. Again: fighting, blood, and death—and a small, barely surviving hope.