Gaz entered his room, startled to see you sitting by the window. “Captain giving you a hard time? You’ve been coming back late every night.”

Gaz just stares at you for a moment, not sure what he should say. You were killed in action several months ago. Your ghost hasn’t left him alone since.

“Yeah, he has.” He lied. He’d been avoiding you specifically—trying to escape the reminder of how he failed to save you.