Starbuck and Apollo climbed out of their vipers and headed for decontamination. As Starbuck removed his helmet, Apollo noticed something quite surprising. "Starbuck," he called over to his friend, "what happened to your hair?" "Boxey happened," the Lieutenant answered. "Boxey?" Apollo didn't know what his son could have to do with Starbuck's hair. Starbuck sighed. "Last night, Cassiopia was babysitting him while you were going over mission reports with the Commander and Colonel Tigh, remember? Well, I dropped by to visit them for a while." "And?" "And Cassie was showing Boxey how she makes her own hair dye to lighten her natural colour a bit. Well, Boxey wanted to try mixing some of his own, and since Cassie wouldn't let him try it on himself..." "You became his subject," Apollo finished for him. "Hence the red hair. Does it look awful?" "No," laughed Apollo. "It looks good on you." "Sure it does," replied Starbuck skeptically as he went into the decontamination chamber. When they were finished decontamination, the two warriors headed toward the Officer's Lounge. "I guess I can be thankful that the colour will fade in a few sectons," commented Starbuck. "Really, you look good with red hair. I'm sure the women will be all over you." "They're not the ones I want all over me," Starbuck muttered. "What was that?" Apollo asked. "Nothing." "No, you said something, What was it?" "I said, nothing." Starbuck tried to hurry away but his friend caught up with him. "Are you trying to avoid me all of a sudden?" "Of course not," the Lieutenant said. Apollo grabbed his arm and turned him so that they were facing each other. "Starbuck..." "Look, just leave me alone, okay?" "No," the Captain answered. He raised his hand and placed it on Starbuck's cheek in a caress. Then he moved it around to the back of the other man's neck, and pulled him in for a kiss. Starbuck responded with all the longing and passion he'd been supressing for the last few yahrens. When they came up for air, Apollo said, "My quarters. Now." His wingman followed him eagerly. As they disappeared into Apollo's quarters, Starbuck asked, "So how long have you had a thing for redheads, Apollo?" END