And I felt passion bubble up. And I felt heat from summer. I felt it all crawling around inside of me. It was the way his hair fell on my face. The sh...ape of his jaw. The feel of his chest against my own. He was a heart beat and blood flow. It was the way his clothes always smelled of grass. And the last puff of a cigarette on his breath. And he knew my body before he knew me. And he knew exactly what I needed.On my back the stars witnessed the man I hardly know. How he unbuttoned me. Not just. Well, have a nice shift. I'll see you soon," he smiled at me andleft the bathroom.OWEN:"Chilling with our new roommate," the text said. I opened it, and it was aphoto of my husband and his brother nearly naked, in just their underwear,hugging each other in our living room."Fuck," I thought and licked my lips.It was the first day of my husband's little brother coming to stay with us.Their mom had just dropped him off this morning. While I was at work, thetwo brothers seemed to be drinking beer. He back-pedalled as fast as he could until he felt himself falling with the mountain lion just beginning its leap for his throat. That had been the point at which he had ripped the head-set off in panic. The relaxed and joking Woden officer who had entered the room only minutes before was now a gibbering wreck!Sarah was watching the scenarios in the VR control centre and was disappointed at how poorly the first officer had done. This was about further testing of the system and Hansa had barely. A crew member caught it in the center of his chest and was propelled backward, through the rail and over the side. Another cannonball was headed at her and she was forced to dive to the side as the place she was standing at erupted into a shower of splinters further effectively cutting off any orders she was to give. She slammed into the deck and took a moment—one she didn’t have—to get her bearings. Around her the crew scoured frantically. Weapons in hand they began to take on defensive.