The Kings Of Cool

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They walk Chon as far as the security line.

Where O hugs him and won’t let go.

“I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you,” she says, unable to stop the tears.

“I love you, too.”

Ben pries her off, hugs Chon himself, and says, “Don’t be a hero, bro.”

As if, Ben thinks.

Chon’s on his third deployment with a fucking SEAL team. He is a fucking hero and he can’t be anything but.

Always has, always will.

“I’ll be cowering at the bottom of the deepest foxhole,” Chon says.

Yeah.

They watch him go through the line.