Outside, Caldris Minor-7 might as well have been going up in proverbial flames.
Inside Battalion 10's hidden base, however, their Commander was having a wonderfully productive time.
Though, to Luca's credit, his thoughts did eventually wander toward the rest of his guildmates.
He wondered how everyone was doing.
More specifically, he wondered whether Xavier missed him as much as Luca had missed his husband last night.
Sleeping without Xavier had felt strangely unfamiliar.
It was one of those rare occasions when Luca hadn't woken up to his husband's face, but instead found himself inside one of their converted Rovers with several exhausted cadets passed out in sleeping bags around him.
Then there was his good brother.
