Sunshine

Date/Timing: 17 January 2019, after "Homework"
Setting: Hansen-Vos suite, The Shed; Vaucluse, NSW, Australia
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Scott [staggers into team quarters] and nearly plows [over] Vos.
The little ball of sunshine has the nerve to beam and wave{ from behind a tablet held at eye level}.
Scott grunts, pushes—
Vos flails at him, offers [a look at the tablet he's got in hand].
[From the screen, a] woman—and, sweet Christ, she's a /beautiful woman—smiles warmly—
Scott's lips turn up in answer; he can't fucking help it[, even today]—any more than Blonde Beauty probably could've helped falling in love with Sunshine here.
—waves, says something, but there's no sound so Scott has no fucking clue what it is.
Sunshine spins the tablet back around, floats toward his bunk, disappears behind [the] closing door.
Scott sighs, [grabs fresh kit from his bunk,] hauls himself into the shower, and scrubs away the [workout] stink. He emerges after a good long while, smelling marginally better and with the thigh bruise Parata gave him throbbing a little less.
Chuck[—bundled like he's climbing Everest—]and Sunshine sit at the kitchenette table, waving away at each other.
Sunshine bursts into that creepy silent laugh of his.
Chuck glowers. "Laugh it up, ass—"
Sunshine pokes his nose.
Chuck swats. "I was /close, ay?"
Sunshine laughs into his elbow, shakes his head.
Chuck sulks back in his chair[, sneezes].
Sunshine composes himself, waves something.
Chuck replies and must get it right because Sunshine glows {and him} and Chuck lights up.
Scott hunches his shoulders, shtumps to the door.
From the couch, Herc calls, "Where're ye going?"
"Out."
[""]We have patrol in—[""]
"I know," Scott snaps. "I'll be back [by] curfew." He stomps out, slams the door behind.
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