Fort Benning, Late Friday Evening
"Hey, Booth, check out the fresh meat."
Following the line of Hank's arm, Seely eyed the skinny, clearly lost, teenager with the fresh buzz-cut. "How old is he? Twelve?"
"However old he is, he's going to catch hell if he's caught breaking curfew like that," Hank pointed out. "Unless someone helps him out."
"And you can't because?" Seely asked, since it was clear which someone he meant.
"You have more shiny, shiny chevrons than I do." Hank clapped him on one shoulder. "The perks of command."
Seely whistled and jogged over, changing his assessment as the kid jerked to attention, he wasn't fresh meat, they hadn't even slaughtered the cow yet. "Looking for something, recruit?"
"I seem to have misplaced the barracks." Seely coughed. Discreetly. "...sir."
"They're over that way," Seely said, pointing in the right direction. "You'd better get over there before bed-check, Private...?"
"Parker, sir. Teddy Parker. Thank you, sir."
"He's going to get eaten alive," Seely remarked to Hank as the kid scrambled off.
"Five bucks says he washes out."
"You're on."
Following the line of Hank's arm, Seely eyed the skinny, clearly lost, teenager with the fresh buzz-cut. "How old is he? Twelve?"
"However old he is, he's going to catch hell if he's caught breaking curfew like that," Hank pointed out. "Unless someone helps him out."
"And you can't because?" Seely asked, since it was clear which someone he meant.
"You have more shiny, shiny chevrons than I do." Hank clapped him on one shoulder. "The perks of command."
Seely whistled and jogged over, changing his assessment as the kid jerked to attention, he wasn't fresh meat, they hadn't even slaughtered the cow yet. "Looking for something, recruit?"
"I seem to have misplaced the barracks." Seely coughed. Discreetly. "...sir."
"They're over that way," Seely said, pointing in the right direction. "You'd better get over there before bed-check, Private...?"
"Parker, sir. Teddy Parker. Thank you, sir."
"He's going to get eaten alive," Seely remarked to Hank as the kid scrambled off.
"Five bucks says he washes out."
"You're on."