To be honest, things between Lee and his CO started off on the wrong foot, and have only gone downhill ever since. Lee’s been assigned to the Nova for five years, but Thomas came aboard about ten months ago, transferred when the squadron’s previous commander was promoted to a position offship. Lee had known they’d be getting a new CO, but figured there would be some sort of official ceremony welcoming and introducing the commander.
The last place he expected to make his new CO’s acquaintance was at the gym.
In Lee’s defense, when he first saw Thomas, he didn’t even know they’d been assigned a new commander yet. At that time, he thought someone already onboard would be promoted to the position, and secretly suspected it would be Brenna. He knew he didn’t have a chance at it—there were mor
