"One," he said, still smirking, "it hasn't been the entire time. And two, that's not the only reason." Helo punctuated the statement by pulling Sharon just a little more tightly against him. If he could ever have said something good about living in a duty locker, there wasn't enough room in the racks to miss having another body in there with you. Even after just a couple of nights, their current quarters felt pretty empty with just him in the bed.

Helo shook his head. "Control? All I'm doing is trying to keep it together. Otherwise, I'd freak out."