Alex eyed him critically. "A 'shadow'. Thanks. That helps my opinion of you and your ilk tremendously." Which way, she wouldn't say, but it was obvious the red-headed mechanic was fighting another roll of her hazel eyes.
"I just need something to cool..." My face, she almost said, because her freckles felt like they should be sizzling like embers on her skin, but instead forced out, "my throat. Don't be getting any wild ideas about some cozy-ass drinking game. Not here, anyway." She held up a finger. "And not on the ship. Or really, there's not going to be any alcohol involved with this partnership. Ever."
Wandering back his way, she stopped in front of him to study his card, wondering if it was just her who got the impression every other sentence spoken between them could be misconstrued as a come-on. "Clever. Playing to your strengths, too. I don't know why my people don't get that it's the best policy. They wanted to set me up playing some room service maid. More access to the ship's innards if I'm playing with tools...plus, I don't have to wear blue." She shuddered, gesturing to where a ridiculously short hemline would have been. "I look horrible in skirts. But now, how do you expect to check in with...or up on...me if you're busy standing guard?" Alex waved a hand to dismiss his ID. "Not that it matters. If you're working, keeps you out of my hair."
The hair in question brushed her shoulders as she shook her head. "Okay, it shouldn't matter. But for politics sake, and the fact we may have been seen together already...I'll humor your plan. I assume you have one. You've been vastly prepared for the change in mission point so far, at any rate, where my people seem to have dropped just about every ball on the court. 'Need-to-know.' That, right there, 's the reason the mission's dangerous," she griped.
Seeming to seek calm for her irritation in a distracting inspection of the offerings on tap, Alex shook her head. And though she didn't intend to take anything, nonetheless a bottle found its way into a pocket of her cargoes as she turned her back to the collection and swept a look over Charles once more. "Nah. If you figure it's safe to do so, let's grab a bite."
"I just need something to cool..." My face, she almost said, because her freckles felt like they should be sizzling like embers on her skin, but instead forced out, "my throat. Don't be getting any wild ideas about some cozy-ass drinking game. Not here, anyway." She held up a finger. "And not on the ship. Or really, there's not going to be any alcohol involved with this partnership. Ever."
Wandering back his way, she stopped in front of him to study his card, wondering if it was just her who got the impression every other sentence spoken between them could be misconstrued as a come-on. "Clever. Playing to your strengths, too. I don't know why my people don't get that it's the best policy. They wanted to set me up playing some room service maid. More access to the ship's innards if I'm playing with tools...plus, I don't have to wear blue." She shuddered, gesturing to where a ridiculously short hemline would have been. "I look horrible in skirts. But now, how do you expect to check in with...or up on...me if you're busy standing guard?" Alex waved a hand to dismiss his ID. "Not that it matters. If you're working, keeps you out of my hair."
The hair in question brushed her shoulders as she shook her head. "Okay, it shouldn't matter. But for politics sake, and the fact we may have been seen together already...I'll humor your plan. I assume you have one. You've been vastly prepared for the change in mission point so far, at any rate, where my people seem to have dropped just about every ball on the court. 'Need-to-know.' That, right there, 's the reason the mission's dangerous," she griped.
Seeming to seek calm for her irritation in a distracting inspection of the offerings on tap, Alex shook her head. And though she didn't intend to take anything, nonetheless a bottle found its way into a pocket of her cargoes as she turned her back to the collection and swept a look over Charles once more. "Nah. If you figure it's safe to do so, let's grab a bite."
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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