Home fires
by Gene Wolfe
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Chelle and Skip have been separated by Chelle's tour of duty in a war against aliens from distant solar systems. They find their relationship complicated by time differentials that cause an injured and war-weary Chelle to age only a few months while Skip reaches his forties.
Human-alien encountersImaginary wars and battlesRelativity (Physics)Extraterrestrial beingsMarried peopleFictionMarried people, fictionFiction, science fiction, space opera