Chapter 95: Do you want to be a Field Guide?
After enjoying each other’s company fully, Kellen had wanted to keep the Captain around for a little bit longer when a phone call; a rather urgent one from Pamela, pulled him away.
The Captain left, but was clearly upset that he was. He made it known he was going against his will, and he was now working overtime. Kellen had chuckled at his display, but was secretly also upset that the Captain had to leave. He had wanted to touch each other more. To spend time together. To get to know each other more.
Kellen, who didn’t know what the pain in his chest was at that thought, turned and began making dinner.
Quietly, and now alone, Kellen turned on the t.v. for some background noise, not fully paying attention to what played in the background. He wasn’t even fully aware of what he was making, just that it was filling and full of calories.
Sitting down at the island, he ate his food methodically, before eventually turning his attention to the couch. The couch that neither of them had time to clean up, so now it was up to him to do it alone. A little embarrassed, Kellen grabbed a damp cloth and some fabric safe cleaner and began to clean up the mess, same with the mess that was on the carpet. He tried not to think back to the moments he had shared with the Captain, and failed miserably.
Alone, feeling...something, Kellen went upstairs to look at a couple of boxes in his closet, hoping that would help him sort through these feelings.
By the time morning came around, he still had no answers.
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Getting up early to head down to the gym first, Kellen pushed himself hard, trying to clear his mind from his workout. He met Brent there, in his prosthetic, and the two of them didn’t speak, but worked out together. Once done, they went their separate way in the elevator where Kellen went and had a shower, got dressed and made himself a hearty breakfast. Before meeting Brent back downstairs in their office, both of them ready to focus on the Field Guide program.