The space after the bite but before the laugh is just long enough for him to consider rolling off Wash and settling back on his feet. If they were alone? He'd- do something else stupid to make Wash smile again. He shouldn't be scowling like this all the time, it wasn't him. It didn't fit. It was fundamentally wrong like him being all alone in his head.

But they're not alone and he's got a lesson plan to stick to but Wash is just. Laughing. And it looks good on him and he doesn't really want to move. So he calls out instead- "Take five, guys. Run a lap, cadence of 'I'm Blue.'"

The LT's snap to it and head out, starting with the chorus of 'da ba di da ba dai'. One lap will give them a little breathing room. To talk about this. Or not. Or just spar some more. Or give him time to prop up on one elbow and just look down at Wash like they got all the time in the world.