Uh-huh. [ frank works his jaw, once more looking between the two of them. they're partners, but he knows he isn't making up those looks they give each other. he knocks back the rest of his cold coffee like a shot. ] Not saying a killer spaceship is the place to get started, but... you might not have another shot, right?

[ it doesn't escape his notice the way raleigh vehemently denies they're involved nor mako's bright blush. no, it's pretty obvious what's going on here. frank leans in even another inch -- apparently he has more to say on the matter still. ]

This "drift" thing: you're in each other's heads, right? You know each other better than anyone else ever could. That's all love is, you see. Seeing the deepest, darkest parts of someone and deciding you want them anyway. [ he levels a surprisingly sober nod after that little speech, wondering not for the first time how things might have been different if maria had known him like that. he envies them that, if not literally everything else. ]