His arm was throbbing from the slash wound he had sustained during the fight earlier and his stomach growled from hunger, but his thoughts were fixed ...n his crew being held in the brig of his ship. He knew those uncomfortable quarters were not nearly big enough for all of them and they were going to be quite cramped. He said a prayer for them before trying to sleep. He awoke the next morning and before he could remember where he was he tried to stretch. The metal of his cuffs cut sharply into. " The refrigerator opened and closed, and he came up behind me to give me the dressing. I could feel his body heat against my back. "Thank you." I smiled. He hugged me from behind, and I was a little taken aback at the romanticism in his hug, knowing that he was happily taken by a woman a lot prettier than me. She was a blonde. Top model kind of blonde. I'm a brunette, about 5'5" with an average frame and 32 C boobs. It was good enough. But at the moment, I felt like I needed to be better.. "I'm good Mom. Dad already helped me," said Donnie as he turned and headed up the stairs without looking back.Soon it was only Hannah and David.David was watching the boys go up the stairs and Hannah was watching David.Once he heard one of them start the bathtub he seemed to relax, until he turned and saw Hannah watching him. Hannah could see him tense up like a coiled spring as he turned and walked for the kitchen.Hannah followed him and watched as he got a glass out of the cabinet and went to. Cadet Sergeant Daniel Bachelor marched smartly away from the just-concluded ceremony and toward the trio of people standing at the side of the parade square, near the cenotaph lined with an ever-changing list of names of those who had paid the ultimate price for survival of the species. He hoped to take the younger of the two naked females there to lunch, with the permission of the uniformed male standing with them."Sergeant Bachelor!" came a call from behind him. Inwardly he groaned, but he.