Crown and Coin

[MrHeadphones]

The door creaked open, and Jones walked in. As usual, he seemed half asleep. However, today he was smiling slightly. He was followed by his copilot, Hawkins. Hawkins went straight to the bar, while Jones found a dingy table and sat down, placing his head in his hands. He sneezed violently, causing a few heads to turn his way, before resting his head on his hands again. A soft clunk brought him to his senses, as Hawkins placed two pints of beer on the table and sat down.
"Something bothering you Jonesy?", he asked, before taking a sip of his beer.
"Nothing much, I'm just tired"
" That was quite a scrap with that Hacker gunship today wasn't it?"
"Aye, but we've been in worse, remember that fight outside New London?"
"Yeah, no reinforcements in sight, and three bloody idiots shooting at us"
"Aye. At least Carter was around this time."
"And bloody useful he was too. Without him, we'd probably be floating in space"
Jones finished his beer and got up, almost banging his head on one of the low beams, before walking out of the pub, calling to Hawkins "Put the next couple of drinks on my tab, you've earned them. Don't drink too much though, we've got the early patrol tomorrow"