for the not-pain prompts, john and lasky doing Domestic Stuff either aboard Infinity or maybe even after they retire if that strikes ur fancy.
He'd heard Palmer taking bets with Bradley and Jet about how long it would take for him to make his move. Little did she know that he'd already talked to Chief. Not that he would call sharing a meal with the Master Chief making a move on the man.
Requiem was still heavy on everyone's minds and his new captaincy was enough to keep him busy, but Lasky had managed to coax the living legend out of his simple routine to share meals in the officer's mess.
They talked about everything and nothing, well Lasky did. The Spartan sitting across from him listened, and offered comments from time to time. Tom considered it a victory when the man huffed a laugh about his story about the banshee and Ankara.
It was a start.
Chief had stopped calling him sir during their meals after a few weeks and even called him Tom. Lasky had to recover quickly when the quiet "Thanks, Tom." made his face heat. Luckily the dessert he'd just given John -he got to call the Master Chief John- was enough of a distraction and he didn't mention it. The big guy had a sweet tooth and if the captain pulled a few strings to get snacks stashed on board well, who was going to tell the Master Chief no?
