[D15, EA, briefing room, expecting] What could we do?

[Dorgan Bruun]

Bruun makes a mental note of the pout.

"I'll eat most anything you put in front of me. Barbecue is fine." He looks thoughtful, briefly scratching at his not-so-bearded cheek. "You got a cook lined up? You need someone good, like Colette. Badly done barbecue is a sad thing."

[Felicity]

"I planned to ask her." Felicity states confidently, puffing out her chest. "Don't you worry about that."

[Dorgan Bruun]

Bruun notes that proud Felicity is a pleasant sight, slightly delaying his response.

"Good, uh, good. Ain't nothing Colette can't cook well," he says happily. There's maybe a sparkle in his eye as he says it.

[Felicity]

"Right? She even gives me some cooking lessons sometimes. She is full of sunshine." Felicity comments cheerfully, beaming somewhat herself.

"So..." She took a seat next to Bruun where she immediately brushed up against him. "You enjoy looking at me, but you've not asked me out. That means there is someone you like, si? Who is it? Need any help?" She paused then grinned, leaning back to scrutinise his expression. "Is it Echo's dear Miss Rupelle?"

[Dorgan Bruun]

Taken slightly off guard, Bruun inhales somewhat sharply as she brushes up against him. He takes a deep breath before responding to the barrage of questions.

"Uh, well, the first thing is that someone likes you, and I reckon it seemed serious enough that I, uh, don't want to mess anything up..." Some memories of their talk in the simulator room come rushing back, and Bruun seems very conflicted.

[Felicity]

"That makes sense. Boys talk." Fee cupped her chin, rubbing her jaw. She could guess who it might be.

"Setting that aside, let's focus on you. Well?" She pressured. Maybe Maja? She had noticed the two first sergeants were quite buddy-buddy. Still, Colette was her initial suspect.

[Dorgan Bruun]

"Ah, well..." Bruun looks almost intimidated by Fee.

"Look, I don't... I don't want to be some creepy veteran trying to put the moves on his comrades, alright? I'm..." He bows his head and takes a breath. "Creed gave me an important job, and it's... important... that I not... get too distracted." He looks at Fee. "Which is difficult around here," he admits.

[Felicity]

Her fluffy tail actually pokes him in the side. "I like being distracting, but let's focus." She lowers her hand and smiles. "You're not going to tell me you plan to be a chaste monk the rest of your life, si? I mean, if you don't want my help that's fine. I'm not offering anything you drop in someone's drink so can you relax a bit? Honestly... it's setting you up for a nice encounter maybe. Pues, what's it going to be?"

Would he keep his secrets or spill?

[Dorgan Bruun]

Bruun's face flashes offended at the drink comment and he starts to protest, "Hey, I would never..." But as Fee continues he takes a deep breath.

"Look, maybe I'm not... sure... which direction I want to go, ok?" He speaks somewhat haltingly. "This ain't... Like, I don't think..." Then there's a moment of the dam breaking.

"I mean... Stitches and Andrea are very different. And Colette..." Bruun closes his eyes and shakes his head, though a little smile creeps onto his face as he thinks.

[Felicity]

"Ok...?" She listens as he says he isn't sure about direction. What he means then clicks in her mind as he continues. She made a few affirmative noises as she sat back in her chair.

"Stitches is Miss Eklund, si? So you are torn between who you're most interested in. That's a challenge." She holds up a finger. "Camarón que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente. Eehm... basically, you can't keep hesitating. If you sit around being uncertain then you won't have a chance. Pues... Miss Eklund is a First Sergeant like you, so that's a nice common ground. I don't know her too well, and she's very young, but you both spend a lot of time together. Then... Andrea is pretty, confident and capable, but she plans to return home one day. Being your junior assigned to your lance could be a stumbling point." It had to be said. She crosses her arms and looks thoughtful, her gaze moving to the ceiling. "Miss Rupelle, Colette, is wonderful. Her and Andrea both have that delightful French accent, si? The hurdle there is that she is part of Echo, so anything past this contract is an unknown." Felicity sums up her analysis of the three potential romantic leads. "Am I warm?"

She looked back to Bruun. Her tone was non-judgmental as she asked what seemed to her to be the key question. "So, are you not sure which you are most interested in, or is it that you're just indecisive?"