Mouthwashing (Fem! Reader Insert)

Chapter 3

7 Days Before the Crash

"... Are you listening?"

Curly was startled out of his trance and looked up at the dark-haired female that sat in front of him, "Yeah, yeah, damn. I'm so sorry. Couldn't sleep again, but I passed the psych eval?" he asked Anya. She looked at the paper and back at him, "Well, you gave the same answers as last time. I do wish you'd open up a little more, Captain. These evaluations aren't just about you."

Curly huffed with a small smile, "As long as I'm fit to fly in your eyes, Anya." "Oh, stop it," she chuckled softly, but then it faded, "Guess that means I only have one more eval left to do..."

"Jimmy?" Curly questioned, "He acts as if I do these things for fun. Then I have to make a report with things like... "I have found myself sexually excited at the sight of cartoon horses." ..."

Curly exhaled, "Hah! Well. I could take it off your hands." Anya looked up at him with surprise "Really?" Curly nodded, "I've known him a long time. He won't try any bullshit with me."

Anya nodded and glanced at [Name]'s psych eval, "... You know, Captain. I do worry over [Name] sometimes." Curly gave her a confused look, urging her to continue, "... she's a great person with a big heart and does her work as an intern, but I feel like she's going to burn herself out if she keeps pushing herself over her limit... perhaps she doesn't know it yet."

Curly nodded with eyes full of understanding, "I see... Have you tried talking to her about it?" Anya nodded, "I do, and I have, but it's the same response everytime "Oh, I'm fine. I'm just trying to get my work done so I can have more time to rest." Yet I don't see any changes at all." The blonde leaned back in his seat and thought for a few seconds before speaking, "Maybe let the girl figure out when she needs a break, she'll realize it at some point."

Anya understood where he was coming from, but she couldn't help but worry, "... also, Daisuke's intern part of his eval is sort of odd. He says that his internship with Swansea is "Awesome, super cool, and like totally awesome!"... Should I be worried?"

Curly shook his head, "Think of it being the same thing I told you for [Name], don't stress too much, okay, Anya?"

Anya bit her lip and fiddled with the clipboard, "... I suppose you are the captain."

"I am the captain," Curly smiled.

Anya's smile was brought back to her face as she handed over an eval paper for Jimmy, "Thank you! What a relief. Oh, before I forget. Swansea asked me to give you this, " she passed Curly a sticky note that said, "THEY CAN'T EXPECT ME TO PERFORM MIRACLES!!!".

"Not sure what it means but... sounds like fun!" she kept her smile, "Good luck, Captain."

Curly nodded and got up from his seat and left the infirmary to find Jimmy.

After a little while, he came cross Jimmy standing nxt to the utility room with a scowl on his face, "And the Pony Express said they don't provide on-board entertainment." Curly sighed, "Feels like there's always something broken in that room. Tulpar's starting to show her age."

Jimmy shook his head, "Passed inspection, right? Shouldn'tbe an issue." Curly reluctantly nodded, "Mhm, Plus they added Daisuke and [Name] last minute... Didn't account that there'd be six of us now. I really should have made a bigger stink about that." Curly rubbed his eyes at the thought of being responsible for two extra crew mates.

Curly entered the utility room to see Swansea scolding Daisuke for activating the emergency foam as [Name] was trying to get Daisuke out of it, "Well. I can see the issue."