Daytime - Malcolm
(Knowledge series)

I pass him by on his way to his personal mess.

"Good morning, Malcolm!"

He smiles at me with those marvelous emerald green eyes of his, his full lips slightly parted. For the thousandth time I notice that he is leaner, fitter and even more handsome than before we entered the Expanse. He is full of determination and full of sadness, a combination that makes me want to take some of the weight off his shoulders, to reach out to him, to be there for him.

"Good morning, Captain!"

But all I want to say is "I love you, Jon!"

... to be continued here