<div class="floatleft">(https://myanimelist.net/images/characters/4/34461.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Lt Maxine "Max" Cosinara<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong>Phade<br/><strong>Date:</strong><em>Flashback</em>01 March 2032<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Moon Base Aluce Hangar/Officers Mess<br/><strong>With:</strong>Lt Cdr Zilkin Kaverosky<br/><hr/><br/>The reciprocation of Zil's touch warmed Max.  Her whole body was awash with warmth as she looked from the hand that was holding hers to his large blue eyes.  He was tired, the red at the edges of his eyes told her that long before the yawn over powered his reply.  She'd been there before, long shifts of waiting and hoping.  Either hoping nothing happened or most of the time hoping something did happen, just to break up the boredom.  Space duty was a little different than planet bound duty, but was all pretty much the same when it came to the levels of boredom with sparks of insanity mashed in between.<br/><br/>The offer to join him in his apartment caught her by surprise.  Part of her was torn, wanting to go back to his apartment and see where things went, the other part knew he needed sleep.  She could see it in his eyes.  As much as she wanted to lay with him in his room and watch him drift off to sleep, she wasn't sure that was the best play so early into rekindling whatever it was they had.<br/><br/>"I"d love to Shin, Her tone was soft, inline with the intimate way his finger was caressing her hand.  "You tell me you've got enough left in your tank to handle being alone with me, and I'll join you.  But be honest."<br/><br/>If there was one thing she knew about Zilkin, he'd never let survival get in the way of excitement over some new interest.  Unlike Max, Zilkin was a man of procedures and science.  There was a reason they worked so well together.  They balanced each other's strengths and weaknesses.