Enjoy!
They were on the road again.
"Why do you like him?" He asked, randomly, or so it would seem.
She sighed softly and gazed out of the window. "He's not a soldier, he's nice, he takes care of me and he likes me for who I am. Vegetarian mutant as it is." She answered.
"What's wrong with soldiers?" He asked huffily. He was a soldier.
She looked at him and sighed. "I love you dad, I really do. You know that, right?" He hummed in acknowledgment. She stayed with him, didn't she? Of course he knew she loved him. If she had hated him, she'd have gone with Lydia back then. "But most of the time you're never home." It was odd hearing her talk about the base as home. "You're always working and when you come back late, you're tired. There's never time to talk about anything." He felt guilt build up in him. "And I don't want my future husband to not be around. You take good care of me, but I can guilt trip you into almost anything." She explained.
He guessed it was a valid reason.