Jack stuck his head inside the door to find Abigail sitting at her desk doing much the same job he'd just been doing. "Good evening, Jack. Now why would you be disturbing my quarters at such a late hour?" Abigail wore a sultry smirk and quickly crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I just wanted to make sure you were alright after everything that's happened today."
Abigail nodded. "It's been a busy day but we'll get through it. I'm not psyched about the mission but luckily they didn't ask my opinion before assigning it."
"You're in good company. I'm not crazy about it either. I'd rather sail home and open fire on the Occitanian capitol of Montauban."
Abigail sighed happily. "That would be wonderful, wouldn't it? Oh well, not like it'll happen now. So did you really just come here to chat about the mission?"
"Just checking in on my favorite commanding officer," said Jack with a playful smirk.
"Checking in is what they call it now, hmm? I daresay you didn't think you could come here for a late night booty call, did you?"
Jack shrugged but kept his smile. "That wasn't just a booty call."
She laughed at that one, throwing back her head. "Don't tell me you're getting all sentimental on me just because we slept together, Jack. It's just sex."
"So that's all it was? Just sex?"
Abigail shrugged. "I mean it was very good sex but that's all it was. Besides, it can't happen again anyway."
Jack furrowed his brow in confusion. "Why's that?"
She stood to face him. "Jack, you're my commanding officer now. Yesterday it was just some fun with another man who might be leaving the day after and who I might never see again. But you're my boss now. How would that look to everyone if they knew we were sleeping together?"
"Nobody would say a word about it."
"That's not true and you know it. People would think less of me. The entire crew of the Destiny would look at me different. I told you yesterday I got into the navy because I had something to prove. I'm not going to let fantastic sex jeopardize that."
Jack thought about that for a moment before letting slip a smirk. "So it's fantastic sex now, is it?"
She swatted at his stomach. "Don't get cute with me, sir. Just remember if I wanted to, I could still suck you dry."
"I'll keep memories of last night's experience forever," said Jack, earning a giggle from her.
"If I had a quarter for every man that's told me that," she said before winking. She then gently pushed on his shoulder. "Come on, I need you to go back to your quarters before the crew starts talking."
"You almost sound like you're the one in charge here," joked Jack.
She stopped short of closing the door in his face. "Didn't you realize that when you were between my thighs?" She grinned one more time and then shut the door with an audible smack.
Jack shook his head playfully and began the slow, dejected march back to the Valiant.