an. *Spoiler Warning* Please skip if you don't want to know about Burks' fate in El Norte. Further notes at bottom.
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Loveboat
New China Universe, Season 3 (New China, Chap 7) – or canon Season 5, Burk's funeral
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"Here," Carlton swung open the hatch.
"Holy shit," Miller said in awe.
The video stabilized, panning and adjusting exposure until it picked up the stars, grainy, but able to be seen across the horizon and still ocean by the cell phone camera.
"Have you ever seen this many freaking stars?!"
"I told you man. You're gonna want it for the documentary," Burk said.
They moved, the sound of Miller's crutches sounding off outside the frame with every step as they walked around the deck until they reached the helm of the ship. The image moved, phone changing hands from Burk to Miller before panning down, zooming and focusing instead on two people in the distance below, sitting shoulder to shoulder on the deck.
"Wait. Is that?"
"Looks like," Burk confirmed.
Miller made some kind of excited scoff, like he'd stumbled upon something he shouldn't have, or found his Christmas presents hiding in a closet.
"We should do a new segment. We could call it Loveboat," he spoke, exaggerating the word to make it sound like a TV catchphrase.
Burk groaned. "This is a Destroyer my man, and if Capn' Chandler finds out you recorded this, you'll be on watch for the rest of your life."
"You know I'm right. I mean, look at Foster and Green. And I'm pretty sure I saw Wolf and the Helo chick leave a storage room the other day," Miller defended.
Burk clicked his teeth. "We out here for the stars my man - nothin' else. Now get your head outta the damn gutter."
"Wait... do you think... anyone thinks we're, like... together?" Miller deadpanned.
And the camera captured the look of horror that crossed Burk's face before he grabbed the phone from Miller and the footage stopped.
an. In my mind, Miller with the help of Nina Garside shares some of his documentary footage at Burk's funeral post Season 5. This tiny snippet has been sitting in my notes for 2 years, but Burk's not going to die in my universe, thus I'm sharing it here.