Newt.

-- up to @RoaringMouse_} Bailey's. Is that alcohol? {mumbling} Yes please. @BugHunter_USCM

-- Gaze flickering to @BugHunter_USCM, not trusting herself to speak for a beat, she nodded; swallowing hard as she looked --@RoaringMouse_

-- and @ShatteredNerve be related to her and #Hicks' #Ripley? -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM

-- #Ripley? The space trucker had spoken of a daughter. Said she'd missed a birthday. Could @RoaringMouse_ -- @BugHunter_USCM

-- tenuous hold on calm slip sliding away, she furrowed her brow, openly studying @ShatteredNerve's face. -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM

Wait. What? {Blinking, she stared @RoaringMouse_ and @ShatteredNerve; petite frame stiffening at the sound of the -- @BugHunter_USCM

A Snapshot for the Captain's Wall... ~ The view from the beach.

Truth. "@Gr8DisneyQuotes: I may be small, but I've got friends that make me ten feet tall. –Mickey Mouse"

-- Every Pirate Captain needs a tall ship... Merry Christmas... @BugHunter_USCM

-- tapping @BugHunter_USCM in the chest with her gift} {whispering} I drew it for you, Bug... For the wall. --

{Creeping up behind @BugHunter_USCM, a ribbon bound roll of paper in her hand, she let a giggle slip; arms around the Marine's waist --

-- the bowls reading 'Merry Christmas James. From Newt.' @Allied_Command

-- and marshmallows for dipping in the molten chocolate arranged artfully around the ramekin; propping a card against -- @Allied_Command

{A mischievous smile at her lips, she arranged the fondue set in the kitchen for @Allied_Command; bowls of fruit --

{thinks @BugHunter_USCM etching on the paper is /beautiful/} {ponders trying to duplicate it with paint on the Captain's Quarters wall}

-- never ever taking it off... {beaming} Will you help me put it on? @BugHunter_USCM

-- his nose with her own, pride in @BugHunter_USCM's gift making her feel ten feet tall} It's the best gift I ever got... {solemnly} I'm --

-- on her face, kissing @BugHunter_USCM over and over again. Holding him as tightly as she could, her head to his, she gently bumped --