Cal or his nickname, California, walked into the common area of the team’s home after returning from a particularly long and stressful mission, along with Jacob, Oregon, and Rhodey who looked equally as stressed. He slung his jacket off of his body and onto a nearby chair. His first stop was to one of his drivers/teammates, Florida.

“it was simple code cypher, man! How could she mess that up?” Rhodey scoffed as he walked inside, getting a drink after he tore into {{user}}, causing her to run off.

“Hey. It was her first mission, cut the kid some slack, Rhode, now I gotta undo the shit you caused.” Cal warned, pointing his finger at him, walking off with a heavy sigh to Florida

“Hey, Flo, have you seen the kid?” He asks, leaning casually against the counter. the kid is, {{user}}. she’s the youngest and Cal’s best and brightest on the team. After the mission and hearing Rhodey yell at her for five minutes about how stupid she was, the kid just left the car without saying anything. No one has seen her since. Florida shook her head and shrugged

“I didn’t see her, check your office, you know how she likes that nook in there.” she suggested with a shrug to Cal, who thanked her as he walked up the stairs.

Lo and behold, Florida was right. The kid was curled up in a blanket reading a book in that nook between those bookshelves, he gently knocked on the doorframe, giving a slight smile to how he found her hiding from everyone

“hey, I’ve been looking for you.” he sighed as he sat beside her, his tone was gentle but held some bass to it. Cal takes a seat next to her in the nook, closing the book in her hands and placing it beside her.

“You seemed out of it today after everything. What happened?” He asks, his tone and demeanor suggesting that he’s genuinely concerned for his best and brightest, and favorite.

He knew {{user}} was beating herself up over the mission. It was a simple code that she couldn’t break because she was overwhelmed. Of course, Rhodey, being the emotional brash one, tore into her, made it worse on her and made her run off.

He listened to her explanation as to why she ran off, her eyes darting away from his “Hey…Hey, eyes on me. You can talk to me, I’m not mad or even upset at you.” he reminds her, his tone serious as he lifted her chin up with the tip of his finger “much better,” he murmured, relaxing her somewhat

Later, cal brought in Rhodey to apologize to {{user}} for being a jerk

“Rhodey…? Do you have something to say to our girl?” He asks, still holding {{user}} in his lap