Characters: Chief Murdoch, Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala
Pairings: None
Time Frame: post GS ep 40
Old times
Chief Murdoch floats into the hanger, yawning, but not surprised to see the lights are on. Night circle or not, there is always something to do in the hanger and understaffed as they are, sleepless nights are almost routine.
At this time, there is life over in the direction of the two giant mobile suits, which Murdoch takes to mean that the kid is once again either sleeping where he shouldn't or putting insomnia to good use. For the sake of the kid, he hopes it is the latter as insomnia is a common thing for soldiers whereas turning a cockpit into living quarters isn't.
That is as far as he comes with his thoughts, though, before his still half sleeping brain catches on to the fact that he is hearing something odd and realizes that the lights are focused on the Justice. The Freedom rests as still as a statue next to it, untouched.
Squinting, he drifts closer and recognizes he form of the kid floating over the opened cockpit of the Justice, attention focused down into it, speaking animatedly.
Chief Murdoch looks, frowns and scratches his head in confusion, wondering what it is that has caught his attention in the first place. Having the Kid or the ZAFT Kid work on their suits is nothing overly odd...
The new kid says something Murdoch doesn't catch, but Kira reacts and it becomes obvious.
"I'll be damned," mutters Chief Murdoch astonished. "The kid is laughing."