When Ericâ€™s lips met Ryanâ€™s in that passionate kiss he felt himself melt. It was the second time heâ€™s felt that way, the first was well, the first time he and Ryan kissed. Throughout his life he had never once thought he would have been capable with feeling this way about a man before, let alone willingly kissing him. He had to suppress his own urge to feel Ryan up, it was harder than he thought it would be but he managed to push it out of his mind enough not to do it. The world was standing still and he could have sworn he saw stars. Once they parted he had to take a minute to catch his breath and tensed as Ryan whispered in his ear.<br/><br/>He felt like he was already soaring in the clouds but was brought back to the ground quickly. They would meet again? The news brought a grin to his face he was sure wouldnâ€™t be taken off so quickly. He was wrong. A glance at Kat told him Ryan was right about her, he also felt he was spot on about them being good partners. His brow creased in thought as he pondered how the captain and Ryan were old buddies but decided to leave it be. With one more light peck on Ryanâ€™s cheek he walked to Kat and stood at her side. â€œI apologies for making you uncomfortable, I should have realized it would upset you.â€ He said praying she would forgive him.<br/><br/>Maybe he wasnâ€™t going about it right, he felt like he hadnâ€™t. he really wasnâ€™t as good as this as he thought, apologizing yes but not trying to console someone. She was having a hard time, he wanted to be there for her. After a second or two of thought he decided he would stay by her in case he could do anything. He didnâ€™t even look back at Ryan one last time though he really wanted to. Honestly he was more worried about Kat than fulfilling his own desires. She was his partner and he wanted to be right by her.<br/><br/>The crew boarded after Kat and Eric got on board and the leader couldnâ€™t help but smile. This was going to be an interesting trip if he did say so himself. His wingman smiled at him and shook his head wondering if it was time to talk to his leader about being a snoop. Finally deciding on just flying the shuttle they took off. The people on the ground werenâ€™t happy about the way they left but the pilots didnâ€™t care.<br/><br/>Murdock was sitting comfortably in his office expecting a report on Kat and Ericâ€™s condition as soon as it was finished. Opening a drawer in his desk he pulled out their files. Both were large and had a lot of different warnings, personal information, rank, etc. it had everything and anything anyone wanted to know about the two of them. He would have to send them to Ryan soon and decided on sending it on the special encrypted channel. There was a code he knew for it that no one used or remembered anymore. His only concern was Ryan remembering it as well.