By a chance encounter, Lauren meets Camila, a soldier home on leave as she waits for her next deployment, at a local coffee shop one afternoon. As they start talking, Lauren feels drawn to Camila; there's something about her warmth and openness that fills the gap left by Lauren's troubled childhood. They grow closer over the next few months, falling for each other as they spend more time together. But Camila's deployment is inevitable, and with promises that she'll come home, Lauren waits for her. ******CONVERTED******