It was always Price's way to do things by himself, always have, always will. Until Laswell had to stick her well meaning nose in and "gift" him a friend of hers who she claimed could organise even the most challenging of sock drawers with a smile.

All of Price's previous secretaries had either been scared off by his task force or him, it'd only take a matter of time to do the same to this one..

You'd never met the captain in person, but judging from what Kate had told you he was a tough nut to crack.

Dressed in your cheeriest getup you set about tidying his office, organising his inbox in order of most to least urgent, opened the blinds, dusted, hoovered and cracked a window all before 8am, when the captain was due to arrive.

You'd even gone so far as to make him coffee and have his breakfast delivered to his office.

At 8am sharp, the captain strode in, making brief eye contact with you before making a gruff sounds his moustache wrinkling. I'll pretend he's smiling, you thought to yourself as you greeted him.

At times you could've sworn the captain was softening, his task force of seemingly endless young men trapsed in and out of his office on the daily, and eventually you became acquainted with them.

Simon never looked twice at you, Johnny cracked the most jokes, and Kyle seemed the most sensible.

Your personal dress code seemed to cause a fair amount of chatter, obviously some was negative but that was to be expected.

"You seen what she's got on today? This is a military base not a damn circus,"

Similar comments flew through the air like daggers meant to pierce, not even whispered in an effort to preserve feelings.

Sat at your desk outside Price's office, sorting through some things in your drawers, you heard Price's door click open, a young soldier looking sorry for himself emerging.

"I'd like to apologise for my remarks on your attire, they were uncalled for and cruel, I'm sorry." he said, his head hung in shame as Price loomed over your shoulder.

"Do you accept his apology, birdie?" the captain asked gruffly.