{ Smash or Pass }

On one hand, Theodore is quite aware that at any point in his career – even after Beckett falls to ruin – the man is by far among the most dangerous of opportunities he may find himself facing. Which naturally makes him the most interesting, on the other hand. There’s really no hope for it at all. “Smash.”

“Absolutely and unequivocally a pass.” Cutler Beckett has orbited his way through enough of his peers for Thomas to recognize him for the collector that he is, and there is not a chance on God’s green earth that he would allow himself to fall into that same trap of assured destruction. Now how that might change in the time of Cutler’s tent verse, would all depend on what end Thomas himself faces in that time. 

It would certainly be trouble for her in some circumstances – but then again, that has never stopped her before. “Any man who can love my ship as much as I do is one worthy of at least a passing smash.” Depending on how things work out, she might even be inclined to a more lasting one. 

“Smash.” She doesn’t need a convoluted reason – the man is pretty and he has as much appreciation for her in trousers as he does for her in a skirt. That alone makes him a win in her books.