AN: AU of a sort. Ranks are here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_officer_rank_insignia - going with the Air Force section
Second Lieutenant Nora "Spitfire" Sheridan sighed for the tenth time as that little sprig of mistletoe seemed to follow her around. Seriously? Didn't her teammates, First Lieutenant Zarkan "The Devil's Engineer" Solré and Second Lieutenant Amod "Thunder" Davies, have anything better to do then pester her like this? She showed enough affection that she didn't need the mistletoe to remind her. Stupid pesky tradition that those two lovebirds seemed to be tossing at everyone - she knew Lieutenant Commander Zhane "Z'neth" Arlan got hit this morning [luckily, it had happened when his wife dropped by to bring him his lunch that he had forgotten to take with him] and she only knew that because she heard him grousing about the tradition.
She glanced up and winced - yep, stuck under the stupid mistletoe. Her cheeks took on a crimson hue when she spotted Major Sean "Summit" Arlan approaching - damn it. Bad enough she had a smidge of a crush on him, not that she dared to ever act on it since well, frat regs and all and she was a stickler for the rules.. She quickly began to walk, hoping to dodge the little evil sprig of hell - maybe she could find Zarkan and Amod and knock the two senseless for this? She bumped into Sean, her cheeks wildly flushed. Well, this was awkward.
Sean glanced at her, curious about her crimsoning cheeks, then glanced up. Of all the things he had to deal with today - randomly sprouting mistletoe was not on his list. Still, tradition was tradition, and with that in mind, he placed a chaste kiss on her cheek before continuing on his way.