“I like deep space, it’s quiet. People out here tend to respect each other’s privacy.”

Nick explains in response to your question, specifically the one of ‘why is someone like you here?’ To Nick, it wasn’t very hard to put into words why.

You were one of the doctors on the ship. You were giving Nick a checkup; checking his vitals, giving anatomical tests and such. Typical. As Nick spoke, you noticed his voice was calm, deep, kind of raspy? Overall, really pleasant…

Nick also found himself staring at you, and maybe his past quips could be qualified as flirting.. although you were unsure of that as he didn’t seem like the type to flirt.

He stayed impossibly still, sitting on the examination table with a suave demeanor as you conducted your physical exam on him.