Sarah was quietly reading up on Scylla and Charybdis when Becker walked in, smiling at her and checking out the front cover.
"Greek mythology again? Do you read anything else?" He joked.
"Unfortunately my job involves more than point and shot," she replied, marking her place in the book and leaning over to kiss her soldier lightly on the lips.
"I'll remember that next time you're staring at some carnivorous animal."
Sarah laughed at him, moving around the lab to grab some fossil samples she'd been studying earlier. Becker took a seat opposite her, watching her work. He always found it so fascinating, unlike when she would watch him practice on the shooting range ("So you hit the target. It's all just basic physics really..."). She would get so involved and focused in her work that she'd make a cute little face which always made Becker want to kiss her.
"Stop staring at me," Sarah said, still looking through a microscope. Becker just smiled.
Another man walked into the lab, carrying a huge stack of papers that looked dangerously unbalanced. Becker jumped forward to help him with them, receiving a grateful look from him.
"Thanks. Dr Page, these are the notes you asked for," he blushed slightly, stammering a little.
"Thank you so much James, I really needed these," Sarah replied with a winning smile.
James grinned back shyly, his face now resembling a tomato as he tripped his way out of the room. Becker just stood there, staring after him in disbelief.
"He has a crush on you," he stated accusingly.
He could see the hint of a smirk on his girlfriend's face as she tried to act nonchalant. "Oh really, you think so? I've never noticed."
"Yes you have," Becker said. "You've enjoyed it!"
Sarah looked up innocently. "Now why would I do that, when I have a boyfriend like you?"
The soldier glared at her for a moment before retrieving his jacket from the chair he'd thrown it over and beginning to leave.
"Becker, don't get mad at me, please," Sarah called after him.
"I'm not. I'm going to find James and tell him to stay away from my woman."