Her comments about him taking a bullet for someone increases his job pay made him chuckle, an honest chuckle that he typically didn’t show. For some reason he felt comfortable around her; which was a new and weird experience compared to what he was used to with some of the obnoxious women he’d had the displeasure of being around. 

Listening to her talk seemed to put a lot of things in perspective. He really didn’t have much luck at dating. Sometimes… because of his father’s position and his mother’s stance in society, he would find himself going out on dates that he didn’t pick himself and that he wasn’t prepared for… then there was that one time that he picked out his own date and that… well that didn’t end well either. He couldn’t tell who had worse taste in women, his parents or himself. 

A small smirk moved across his face as his sharp blue gaze turned her look at her when she called him handsome. Normally he got called other things like ‘hot’, ‘sexy’ and other things but ‘handsome’ was a rare one considering it was what he would consider to be a more sophisticated response. Which is why he would rather call a woman ‘cute’ or ‘beautiful’ instead of ‘sexy’ or ‘hot’; those are words that do not normally come out of his mouth.

“Thanks.” He called to her with a gentle smile. “I needed that more than I thought I did.” With that he finished his tea and rose to his feet. “I am going to go hop in the shower. You are going to sleep with your door open so I can get some sleep correct?” He said with a chuckle as he got up and stretched his arms to the ceiling with a long overdue sigh of relaxation. Then he disappeared into the bathroom and began to take his shower. 

It wasn’t until he finished the shower before he realized he didn’t bring his bag in. His shower wasn’t more than ten minutes long but oh well. He didn’t have time for luxury; he was still on the job. Wrapping the towel tightly around his waist he stepped out of the bathroom and went into the living room. “I forgot my bag.” With that simple statement he returned back into the bathroom with his bag over his shoulder. 

Minutes later he emerged once again wearing a pair of pajama bottoms and a black loose t-shirt. Nothing fancy but it was comfortable. He gently placed his bag down on the floor next to his makeshift beg and checked his watch. “What is the wake up time captain?”