Day 10: Watching The Other Sleep
A/N: Another short one. Hope you enjoy!
Keegan was sat in one of the chairs in the rec-room on base reading a book. He spent most of his time in there. It was better than the bland room they all had. The rec-room consisted of a few chairs, lots of bookcases filled with books, a couple of tables and a few couches. In one of the couches, closet to Keegan, Logan was fast asleep. Keegan glanced up and looked at the sprawled out younger sergeant next to him.
A small smile crept on his lips. Keegan set the book in his lap and watched the younger man sleep. No matter where Keegan went, Logan would sooner or later find his way to him. The rec-room quickly became their little haven when not out on missions. Elias usually kept to his office, Hesh was either with him or in his room and Merrick was all over the place.
Logan was laying on his back. One hand propped his head up while the other rested on his stomach. Every now and then Keegan would hear some incoherence out of him. His blonde hair was disheveled on one side and it made Keegan chuckle. Logan was the only one besides Elias to have their hair longer than the usual buzz cut.
He was growing quite fond of the youngest Walker. And Keegan loved how the horrors of war hadn't dampened his spirit. Logan was in basic Ghost attire, gray pants and a gray shirt. Grays on grays on grays. In a few day's Logan, Hesh and himself were making their way to Caracas. To find and hopefully capture Victor Ramos, Rorke's right hand man.
There wasn't a doubt in his mind that Logan was a good soldier. But now he'll see how he is close up. It was too chaotic when they first met in no mans land to notice. And to say he was excited was an understatement.
Keegan sighed and went back to his book. He tried getting back into it, but couldn't. He closed it and set it on the coffee table. Damn kid was getting him all worked up. He leaned back in the chair and watched him sleep some more. That's how their days would go. Keegan would come into the rec-room first, an hour or so later, Logan would join him. They would spend most of it talking, about anything and everything. Eventually Logan would fall asleep and Keegan would read a book.
This time Keegan was more interested in the man next to him than his book. Logan always looked peaceful when he slept. A few seconds later Logan started to stir and Keegan quickly picked up his book and opened it. Trying to act like he wasn't staring at the younger man for the past half hour. He saw Logan stretch in his peripheral vision and turned to look at him. Keegan set down his book down once more and looked at Logan. Who was completely unaware of what just went down.