Skipper sat at the clock tower with Private in his arms, holding him tight and keeping him warm in the cool night. For most of the day, he had been with the little private, tending to his wounds and being by his side, but this was the only time of the day when they were completely alone. Earlier that day, Kowalski shot into his lab without warning, leaving the two, who were both on the couch in each others' arms, in a fit of surprise. He couldn't tell much, but when Skipper caught a glance at the strategist, he looked a bit scared.

So, during that period of time, the two were too afraid he might just leave the lab at any given moment, so they tried to get topside. Private had some trouble climbing the ladder, due to the large claw mark going across his waist, but they managed to get topside nonetheless. They tried to go to the clock tower, despite Skipper's worries about the little penguin getting hurt, but Private assured him he was going to be fine. Once they got there, though, They saw Rico near the ledge, slouching down. Skipper remembered it looked like he was crying, but he couldn't be sure.

After that, Skipper and Private sat near the tower in hopes that Rico would leave soon, but it wasn't until 2 and a half hours later that the sad penguin descended the tower, leaving the two alone in peace at last. Skipper was enjoying the night of peace, but something didn't seem right. He looked over to Private, who had a wondering gaze in his eyes as he stared into the night.

"Something on your mind?" Skipper said in a low voice, making Private snap out of his trance and look back at him.

"Oh, well it's just Rico. He didn't look too good, Skippah." Private replied, the usual care in his voice. Skipper had noticed it too, every time he saw Rico when he would pace back and forth through the zoo. There was always a distraught look on his face.

"I noticed it too, maybe I should go check up on the lug." He said jokingly, forcing a small chuckle from Private.

"Skippah, you always know what to do" Private said with a smile as Skipper began to stand up. He laughed as he said,

" I'll be right back, don't go anywhere" and he bent down and pressed his beak on Private's forehead, making him blush. As Skipper descended the tower, he noticed Rico going down into the lair. What's going on with you, Rico? He thought to himself as he made his way to the HQ...

~~LATER~~

"Well? What the Hell are two doing?" Skipper screamed as he watched the two scramble off of each other. Kowalski was blushing as hard as he thought was possible, and he had a pillow over his lap, covering the object of affection between he and Rico. As for Rico, he was looking down at the ground shamefully.

"Well, we uh—" Kowalski started, but was cut off by the leader.

"I can't believe, of all the things that could happen, I find you two, doing those...things!" Skipper started to say something, but noticed another horror of what happened.

"And on my Private's bed?" He yelled, but covered his mouth at what he just said. His Private.

"Your Pri-ate?" Kowalski let out in a nervous tone, trying to gain the upper hand in the argument Skipper was winning so far. The leader blushed hard, but tried to hide it as he snatched Private's pillow from Kowalski, hoping he still wasn't aroused.

"Forget what I said, soldier! This is about you two! What if Private was with me? And he saw this?" Skipper was now furious, but not about what the two were doing. Mainly about the stupid thing he had to blurt out. He looked over at Kowalski, who was now standing up and moving towards him.

"I think there's something I should tell you... Skipper, we saw you and Private...on the couch." He said, his voice and body shaking. Rico looked up and slapped his flipper to his head, almost positive that statement made things worse. Kowalski was trying to make Skipper forget about what just happened, and that seemed like the only thing that would do the trick. He hoped it would work, otherwise he was in more trouble than ever.

Kowalski was relieved when Skipper stopped yelling and sighed, sitting down at the table.

"So, you two were spying on me, huh? I guess I should reward you." He said with a scoff.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Kowalski muttered out, still worried he Skipper might blow his fuse at any given moment. But instead of yelling, he looked up at the strategist, sadness overwhelming his eyes.

"Why? I don't know, Kowalski. I guess if you found out, it would make me feel..."

"Yes, Skipper?"

"I don't know. More of a man, I guess." Kowalski let out a laugh as he sat beside Skipper.

"Skipper, there's nothing that would make you less of a man to any of us. I can assure you." He said, making Skipper smile. He scoffed again when he noticed Rico staring at Kowalski, and then glancing at him, passion in his eyes. Skipper got the hint.

"Yeah, yeah. I get it," Skipper said, still smirking as he got up and headed towards the ladder.

"I'll just let you two..uh..get back to business. But for God's sake, men, use your own bunk." Kowalski stood there, shocked. After Skipper left, Kowalski was still standing there, his beak wide open.

"It..It worked?" He said, amazed that he could outsmart Skipper and make him change his feeling towards something.

"I-I can't believe I-" He started, but was interrupted by Rico, who grabbed him and took him up to his bunk, giggling seductively the entire way...

Ehh I feel like this and the last one wasn't that good, but hopefully ill come up with some ideas, you can even put some suggestions in the Reviews or in a PM. :)