It is something Wash is doing entirely on purpose, and he definitely likes the way Miles' eyes light up like that, enough that he's smiling a little watching him work through the puzzle even though he's working through another one of Wash's more closely guarded secrets.
He nods, though, that smile fading when he gets the answer. It still hurts, no matter how far removed from it Wash might be. ]
This can't make it back to him.
[ A little softly -- he knows that Miles wouldn't, but he just. Wants to make that especially clear. He'd rather none of them knew how much he's confided in Miles, but Maine especially can't find out about what becomes of him. ]
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It is something Wash is doing entirely on purpose, and he definitely likes the way Miles' eyes light up like that, enough that he's smiling a little watching him work through the puzzle even though he's working through another one of Wash's more closely guarded secrets.
He nods, though, that smile fading when he gets the answer. It still hurts, no matter how far removed from it Wash might be. ]
This can't make it back to him.
[ A little softly -- he knows that Miles wouldn't, but he just. Wants to make that especially clear. He'd rather none of them knew how much he's confided in Miles, but Maine especially can't find out about what becomes of him. ]