#commander mayday

until we both freeze to death

One of the closer chapters of Call Sign coming up. The men rotate who’s on night shift at the outpost each week.

Perimeter was secure. Beacons seemed stable. The wind hadn’t even picked up to the point Mayday had any concerns about some of the outside equipment coming loose, and the snow had stopped several hours ago.

Nocturne was the last to bid him goodnight before heading down the hall towards the barracks. The unbearable quiet settled in not long after, and it took about five minutes for him to realize why it felt like something was missing.

The pilot wasn’t there. Her normal setup near the terminals on the north wall was clear of the cot and any of her belongings, and he knew there was no way she could be anywhere else in the compound.

Mayday’s mood soured significantly. It shouldn’t have, but there it was. He didn’t know what he expected, but he’d thought she was able to at least tolerate him. There had been a bunk available to her for two weeks.

Really though, it shouldn’t matter at all. What was he expecting? Late night talks with her keeping him company while he worked? It was ridiculous to even think so.

Mayday mulled over his thoughts. He wasn’t really bothered by the fact she wasn’t there. It was the thought that she wasn’t there because of him and what he’d had to do to keep a professional working environment between them all and ensure she wasn’t a liability in some way. It was the thought of exactly where she was now, as warm and comfortable as the outpost allowed.

Pairing: Mayday x F!reader

Summary: after being set up on a blind date, mayday starts having second thoughts…until he meets her.

Warnings: fluff!

Divider by @moosgraphics

Nerves. That’s all he felt. His foot was tapping under the taking, fingers fiddling with each other. His stomach was twisting and churning, each second ticking made more beads of sweat build up on his forehead.

A blind date. Just what he needed.

His troopers convinced him to give it a shot, and he has no idea how they got him to say yes but he did and now he was very much regretting it.

What if it was another entitled rich girl? Or a clone hater? Or even just a girl who didn’t click with him? Shit shit shit. He didn’t like this.

He glanced up at the door every minute, his looks getting more frantic as he started getting second thoughts. Maybe he should leave, yeah, yeah that’s a good idea.

“Hello” a soft voice greets, causing mayday to look up at the angel standing in front of him. “Are you mayday?”

He stared like an idiot for a solid ten seconds.

“Uh..y-yes that’s me. Hello, Miss.” he stutters, never having seen such a beautiful woman in his life!

“It’s nice to meet you.” You offer a small smile, clearly nervous.

“Yes…same for you.” He nods, why couldn’t he function properly?

Taking a seat, you look at him. “Sorry, I’m a little nervous”

He laughs, actually lets out a small laugh. “Yeah, so am I.”

“Shall we order?” You offer, picking up the menu. Mayday nods, not even bothering to read it as he was stuck in a trance. You were so beautiful and he couldn’t help but stare.

“Tell me about yourself” he finds himself saying. Shit, why did he say that? He’s not usually this…talkative with women.

“Myself? Oh okay. I’m a mechanic for the 104th, I like to paint and I have a cat.” You list off, a bit speechless from the handsome clone.

“So you work with clones?” He asks.

“Yes. The wolfpack” you nod.

“Ah, the wolfpack. You must be tough handling them?” He jokes, knowing how rowdy the Wolfpack can be.

Letting out a small laugh, you nod again. “Yeah, tell me about it. They’re pretty chaotic.”

Your laugh was like a song to mayday. He wanted to listen to it all day and night.

“You have a beautiful laugh” he blurts, regretting it immediately in embarrassment.

You falter, a slight blush coming onto your face.

“Thank you”

“And your cat? What’s its name?”

Your face lights up at the mention of your cat.

“She’s a beautiful brown tooka, her name is honey and she’s basically my baby”

Mayday nods along, hands together under his chin.

Eventually the waiter asked for your orders and you gave them, the night continued. Before you knew it, it was time to go home.

“It’s getting late” you mention.

“Yeah, I gotta get back to the barracks soon” he nods.

“Well, this was really fun, would you like to do this again soon?” You nervously ask.

He smiles warmly. “I’d love to.”

You smile back, grabbing your things as you stood.

“It was wonderful to meet you, mayday.”

“You too. May I walk you home?” He offers.

“I’d like that.”

He nods, standing awkwardly as he waited for you to lead the way.

“This way” you wave him down the street.

The walk was nice, you continued to chat about anything and everything. Eventually it came to an end as you approached your apartment.

“Thank you. It was really nice today get out today.”

“I’m glad you did. I did too” mayday nods.

“Would you like to come in?” You offer.

“I gotta get back to base. But I’d love to see you again soon?” He plays with his fingers nervously.

He feels something brush against his leg and he looks down to see a furry tooka.

“This honey?”

“Yeah, this is honey. She likes you. That’s good.” You smile, watching your tooka warm up to the trooper.

“It was a pleasure today. Thank you” he gives a small bow.

“See you another time, mayday.” You wave.

He turns around and leaves, trying to hide the warmth on his cheeks. She was nice, perfect and beautiful. He was in love. Ironic, isn’t it? The trooper who swore he wouldn’t be in a relationship, falling in love.

Crosshair: Like I said, we need more help. Maybe I should call my friends. Wrecker: Your what? Crosshair: My friends. Wrecker: [to Echo] Is he saying "friends"? Tech: I think he's being sarcastic. Hunter: No, no, no. This is delirium. He's cracked from being awake all night. Hey, Cross! All your friends are in this room! Crosshair: I have other friends. You asked me to make new friends, I made new friends. It was a task. I complete tasks. Omega: That's so great. I can't wait to meet them. Echo: Cross, you listened to me. I'm so proud of you.