"Pilot? I could see you being a pilot."

Alex chuckled. "Nope, done that already. I used to fly medevacs with the helicopters out here. Did that for my first tour but my eyesight went from perfect to just barely not perfect and got dropped from that."

"Damn, so you can fly the ones we use on missions?" Maggie asked her.

"Yes."

"Well at least I know I've got a better chance at surviving with an extra pilot on board."

Alex gave her a toothy grin in response.

"Oooh! I got a good one!" Maggie sat up and exclaimed.

Alex groaned, "Maggie, I'm young and need my beauty sleep." She rolled over and put her pillow over her head.

"Ring leader in a circus." Maggie had a proud smile on her face and ducked out of the way when Alex's extra blanket came flying at her.

"As funny as that is, you're incorrect, and I'm sleeping."

"Oh you're no fun Danvers. It's still early!"

Alex honest to God rolled over and stuck her tongue out at Maggie. "I'm sleeping."

"School bus driver." Maggie tried this time.

"No."

"Ice cream truck driver?" Maggie tried again.

"I thought you were only doing one guess per night…" Alex said as she rolled over to look at Maggie's cot.

"Normally, yes, but I thought I'd get my driving guesses out of the way." Maggie shrugged.

Alex decided to respond anyway, "and to answer the second one, no. Not an ice cream truck driver. I could never drive that slowly… And I'd probably eat all of the ice cream by myself before anyone could buy it." Maggie laughed sleepily at that.

"You got a favorite flavor?" Maggie asked her. "Rocky road. You?" "Strawberry vegan ice cream." Maggie replied. Alex lifted her head off her pillow. "Vegan ice cream? That's disgusting." She scoffed. Maggie shook her head, "not everyone has the luxury of eating as much dairy as they want, Danvers. I'm lactose intolerant."

Alex open and closed her mouth. "Oh. Wow, I'm sorry… That sucks." Maggie waved it off with our hand. "It's alright. It's no big deal. I like the taste of the vegan versions anyway, so it's not so bad." Alex hummed and turned back to look up at the tent ceiling.

After a few seconds she asked, "you got a family Sawyer?" They'd been out at the camp together for a little over a month now and Alex never heard her talk about them. Not once.

Maggie smiled. "I have a beautiful little girl." She pulled a metal box out from under her cot and opened it. She pulled a photo out and handed it to Alex. "Her name is Jamie. She's three, almost four years old."

The little girl in the picture was practically a photocopy of her mother: dimples, dark curly hair, and all. "She's absolutely adorable! She's got her mama's looks to." Alex said with a smile. She was smiling on the outside but mentally hating herself for the flat out almost flirting tone at Maggie. Not the time or place.

Maggie's smile could've lit up the room at the response.

"Those dimples she's got? Those are devastating, she's gonna break hearts someday." Again, came out not the way Alex wanted it to since Maggie clearly had the same ones. But Maggie just laughed and shook her head, "I know."

"So is it just you and your daughter?" Alex asked. "No, she has a father. We were never together, together as a couple. He's my best friend though. When I'm deployed, she stays with him. When I'm in the States, she stays with me. I've been lucky with the… I guess you could call it brevity… of my tours. I've done more stateside training than I have deployed."

"I've never seen you skype them?" Alex asked the statement like a question. Maggie was never really one to talk about herself unless specific questions were asked. "I call them once a week. I don't want to be skyping and have something happen here for my daughter to see." Alex nodded, "I get that. I understand that."

"What about parents?" Alex asked and Maggie's smile vanished. "I have them, but they're not family. I haven't spoken to my parents since I was fourteen. My Aunt Maria, I talk to. She was the one who essentially raised me after I got kicked out." Maggie shut her mouth quickly, eyes open wide, not realizing how much she was saying about this. Something about Alex just made her want to open up and talk.

"Geez, I'm so sorry to hear that…" "Yeah, well, it's whatever," Maggie brushed it off.

"Hey, if you ever want to talk about it, you know where to find me. Seriously, I mean that." Alex wanted to be there to support Maggie. Afterall, she had been a comfort for her when she needed it.

"I appreciate it Danvers. I'll keep that in mind, thanks." Alex nodded and rolled over, turning off her light. It was going to be a long day tomorrow prepping for their mission.