Drabble: Point of View
(This was partly inspired by my own MacGyverly habits, morphed into an UNCLE piece in the details, and in many ways - especially the last line - describes everyone I've ever considered a hero. Thanks for reading.)
Point of View
Some people don't see things this way.
It always gives him hope - the knowledge that there are people, living in this world, who don't look over their shoulders every time they cross the street... who don't check out every room they enter for possible ambush locations and crossfire points... who've never spent the Fourth of July lying flat in the dirt with one hand on a gun, ears straining to distinguish enemy fire from the noise of the fireworks.
They've never had to learn these things. He lives his life the way he does so they'll never have to.
Point of View
Some people don't see things this way.
It always gives him hope - the knowledge that there are people, living in this world, who don't look over their shoulders every time they cross the street... who don't check out every room they enter for possible ambush locations and crossfire points... who've never spent the Fourth of July lying flat in the dirt with one hand on a gun, ears straining to distinguish enemy fire from the noise of the fireworks.
They've never had to learn these things. He lives his life the way he does so they'll never have to.