<strong>Eloise Monot &amp; Joseph Harden</strong><br/><br/>The last thing Eloise had expected when the bunk room door opened was to see Mari step in. Her friend was just as surprised to see her as she was, and she answered her spontaneous embrace with equal vigor. She blushed slightly when Mari threatened the black sailor, to be fair to him, he had been nothing but courteous, bar the obvious arousal in his trousers. But could he really be blamed to be aroused at the sight of a woman after being confined to a submarine for however long they had been on their mission.<br/><br/>She was sad to see Mari leave again, but at least she realized they would be able to spend some time together in their off hours. Perhaps they could come up with a plan together that would take them away from the submarine sooner.<strong>“Take care, Mari… I’ll see you soon… I hope.” </strong><br/><br/>She turned her gaze back to Harden, who had initially seemed a little flustered by Mari’s remark, but had now regained his earlier, neutral demeanor.<br/><br/>Harden was taken by surprise when Mari remarked that he should not touch her friend. For a second, he wondered if his arousal had truly been that obvious, but then he guessed that the girl had just meant it as a general threat not to take any liberties with her friend. It was quite literally hard. Even the sight of the two girls embracing had only stoked the fire of his lust further. Right now it took all his willpower not to bend the girl over her bunk and have his way with her. The Hawk would probably make an example out of him if he did, he could not stand for indiscipline from his Chief Petty Officer. He would likely spend the rest of their mission in the stockade on half rations, and that was if the captain was in a good mood when he decided upon his punishment. Still, that almost started to seem worth it, as his gaze lingered on the brunette’s shapely legs.<br/>