[ As much as he might want to get up and follow that slender figure as it walks out the door, Chris has responsibilities of his own that have nothing to do with following his own wants and desires, and he knows he can't.
So, he turns back to his meal and finishes what's on his plate, studiously ignoring everyone still staring at him and speculating just what that was about. It's none of their business.
Still, he can feel eyes on him for the rest of the day, word spreading through the mess like wildfire and only slightly slower through the rest of the ship, a juicy new tidbit of gossip for people to pass around like a hot potato. Belatedly, he realizes he never asked Loki where he was billeted, or rather, in whose bunk he was sleeping, since it's clear none of the yeomen assigned him any sort of quarters. Did he find an empty one and assign it to himself? Is he sharing with one of the other crewmembers? Where exactly is he staying?
It's a question that plagues him all the way through to the end of his shift, and he resolves to do a little more digging once he's in the privacy of his own rooms. There's nothing he can do about it while he's in the chair, he'll just have to wait. It's not that big of a ship, they'll run into each other soon. ]
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So, he turns back to his meal and finishes what's on his plate, studiously ignoring everyone still staring at him and speculating just what that was about. It's none of their business.
Still, he can feel eyes on him for the rest of the day, word spreading through the mess like wildfire and only slightly slower through the rest of the ship, a juicy new tidbit of gossip for people to pass around like a hot potato. Belatedly, he realizes he never asked Loki where he was billeted, or rather, in whose bunk he was sleeping, since it's clear none of the yeomen assigned him any sort of quarters. Did he find an empty one and assign it to himself? Is he sharing with one of the other crewmembers? Where exactly is he staying?
It's a question that plagues him all the way through to the end of his shift, and he resolves to do a little more digging once he's in the privacy of his own rooms. There's nothing he can do about it while he's in the chair, he'll just have to wait. It's not that big of a ship, they'll run into each other soon. ]