There was music that started from a band in a nearby gazebo which signaled the twenty minute mark until the fireworks show, they would play until the show started, the go silent until the end when they'd play the national anthem. She felt a bit of pride, sitting with a man in uniform, feeling proud of him as well. More than a few people had passed by them and given Leckie a nod or called out a word of thanks as they ate and she couldn't help but lean over and press a kiss to his cheek. "Thank you for protecting me."

He mentioned the cookies as the light faded, her eyes going to the basket as she nodded. "Oh, yeah." Of course, when he said he had something to go with them, she looked at him with a curious expression, taking a sip of her coke, finding it refreshing in the warm air around them. "What did you bring?" Not that she expected him to reveal the surprise until he wanted, it couldn't hurt to ask, of course.