Fox groaned, attempting to raise his head from the awkward position of draping off the couch. His hand more or less slapped his face as he tried to rub his eyes and look around the swirling room. Once properly conscious, he blinked heavily at the state of his house.

There was beer, sprayed up one wall, with more half empty cans creating small puddles through to the kitchen. Wolf was passed out upside down against one of the kitchen chairs, almost like he's fallen off and into sleep. Beside him, Snake rested one cheek against the table, no doubt ending up with the cards stuck to his face if he dared to move. Twisting back round, he froze when he found Eagle, lolling underneath him awkwardly. The two were twisted together as only a drunken sleep could do, and now that he had some semblance of sanity, he recognised that he couldn't pull himself free without waking him up.

There was a cough of a laugh from the doorway, and he turned to see Alex, grinning madly at the two of them. "Who knew?" He said, gesturing. "I always knew you'd make a great couple."

Fox stuttered, trying to find something to say as the boy vanished into the kitchen. There was the sound of the tap running, before he reappeared with two glasses of water, putting them beside Fox on a coffee table he was sure had been the wrong way up a minute ago, along with four painkillers.

"Leave two for Eagle would you?" He said as Fox went to grab them all.

"Oi, I have the mother of all hangovers; I can't even hear you properly because of the band inside my head."

"And so will Eagle. Leave him two will you?" Alex turned and walked into the kitchen, repeating the action and putting the glasses out of knocking distance of the two men. He walked back into the living room, to see Fox almost begging him with his eyes.

"Please help!" He murmured, indicating to Eagle. "This is so awkward."

Alex laughed, before moving behind the couch. "You ready?"

"Ready for what?"

Suddenly, the two were flying, a couple of seconds spent in the air, before crashing into the floor and sending the rubbish from last night over them. Alex laughed loudly, causing the two in the kitchen to stir as Fox swore madly at him and pulled himself to his feet, only pausing as the world spun.

"It worked didn't it?" He said, moving behind the couch. "Eagle's not-"

"Okay, I get the picture!" He muttered, seeing Snake move into the room. The man glanced at the mess with a wince, before dropping back onto the couch. "Screw this, we'll tidy up tomorrow."

Snake rubbed his forehead, still holding the glass after having taken the pain killers. "How much did we drink last night?"

"I don't think there's any beer left in the fridge if that helps." Alex called out, moving past Wolf and into the kitchen. There, he began to pull things out of the cupboards, pans ready to start cooking.

Wolf groaned in his seat. "God, why the hell did we drink so much?"

"I believe your words were 'let's make the most of it'?"

"Shut up Cub, no one likes a smart-"

"Wolf!"

"Hey, I remember what happened last night."

There was a beat of silence before all of the men moved into the kitchen, partly because of the statement, but mainly because of the smell of bacon that had begun to sizzle in the pan.

"Cub..."

"Well, you looked like you were enjoying yourself; heck even Fox was, when Eagle somehow ended up-"

"Okay, I get it!" The man muttered, ignoring the looks the rest of the unit shot him.

Snake shook his head. "Well, at the minute, I don't care. How long is food going to be?"

Alex snorted. "Not long. Just move all the junk out of the way so you have somewhere to sit."

"It's not junk!"

Wolf yawned loudly, wincing at the movement shortly afterwards. "Then its in disguise."

The man scowled, but lead the way out of the room never the less, and began to kick bottles and cans into one corner. Wolf and Snake just rolled their eyes and began to pick things up, setting things the right way up as Eagle stood behind Alex and drooled at the smell of bacon.

"Do you want me to test it? You know, just in case-"

"If you don't help out, you won't get any." Wolf threatened, walking past the doorway. Eagle glance between the two, pouting when Alex shrugged, and moved into the living room as well.

Moving back towards the fridge, the boy pulled out eggs, glancing round the kitchen almost idly while he did so. The house was a state- again. In a way, he wasn't surprised, considering not a single member of K Unit seemed to care about cleanliness. Pushing wrappers off the work top and towards the general vicinity of the bin, he put the box of eggs down. Snake slid in slower than he would have normally, rubbing his head absently.

"Cub, what exactly happened last night?"

Reaching for the bread to put in the toaster, Alex grinned. "Why? You feeling nervous Snake?"

"I don't think I'm the one who should be nervous." The man muttered, glancing at the over flowing bin and deciding to take a binbag out of the draw to sort it.

"Now that's true."

"Did you take any painkillers this morning?"

Alex glanced over his shoulder at him with a look that said it all. The man just shrugged, trying of the plastic and dumping it beside the door.

"Just wondering."

Alex turned back in time to catch the toast as it popped up. "I'm not going to suddenly collapse on you."

Snake leant on the counter top, watching, but silent.

The boy just sighed, fixing the food absently. "I'm not, Snake. I've been a lot worse, and like with all things, I'll heal. Eventually."

"We're going back to Brecon Beacons in two weeks. You're not going to have time to heal."

"Two weeks is plenty of time."

"Your shoulder-"

Alex set the plates on the table with a roll of his eyes. "You're forgetting one major thing here, Snake. I don't have a choice. It's not like I signed up to go back to hell."

There was a shout, and the two men looked up to see Eagle dart through the doorway and towards the plates of food as fast as was humanly possible. With a grin, he began to use his fingers to pick at the food all the whilst walking towards the living room. The others who had followed him in at the shout shook their heads, moving out the way when it became clear the man wasn't looking where he was going.

As the others picked up there plates, there was a crash and a whine from the couch. Fox began to laugh when he saw Eagle on the floor, with half his food down his top.

Wolf kicked him out the way as he sat down, shortly followed be Snake.

"That was mean."

The group rolled their eyes as the man began to pick pieces of bacon off himself and eat it without a problem. Alex moved in to the room and sat beside the couch, picking at his food absently whilst watching as the rest of K Unit interacted. The normality washed over him, and after a minute, he began to relax just watching them.

Last night had been refreshing. The group around him had been open (though that may have had something to do with the amount of alcohol consumed), and although he pretended otherwise, he knew he could tell them anything. Whilst they may not understand it, it was nice to know that they were there. They cared, and that was all he needed for now.

Fox bit down on the bacon sandwich he had made himself and sighed. "Cub, your cooking skills are heavenly."

"That's only because you've been eating crap for the last twenty nine days."

"A month, Cub, of hell. My taste buds were crying during that time."

Wolf rolled his eyes and settled back, plate already empty. "Shut up, it wasn't that bad."

"By the rate we were going though, we won't survive training this time round." Snake muttered, glancing back into the kitchen remembering the pile of rubbish that had accumulated.

Eagle shrugged. "That's what training is for though; getting back into shape."

Fox's head thudded against the back of the couch. "Oh God, the Sarge is going to slaughter us."

"Maybe we should go the gym for few hours?"

Eagle shook his head reverently. "What about the light?"

Alex snorted. Snake sighed, listening to them. "Does anyone even have a gym membership still in date?"

There was a second of silence, before Alex snorted again. "Well, that works."

"We could always just jog around the block a few times?" Fox suggested, ignoring the cries of Eagle.

Wolf just shrugged, closing his eyes. "Maybe later."

Standing slowly, Alex picked up several of the plates that were lying around and moved into the kitchen. Putting them to one side, he began to fill the sink, half listening to the quiet conversation behind him. Fox appeared soon after with a few more plates, smiling a little.

"You don't have to do that you know."

"If I don't, who's going to." There was a pause. "Exactly."

The man snorted, but picked up a teatowel and began to dry the plates. "So what did you do on your mission then?"

"Fox."

"Well it was worth a try, wasn't it."

(A/N) I bet half of you were thinking I'd fallen into an oubliette or something :D Ha ha let me know what you think :D