Whether he should have asked may not matter to Chief, but Wash can't seem to let go of it. He doesn't know if it's guilt or fear or sheer emotional exhaustion as a result of the day's events. Either way, the result is the same: a half-formed request and guilty anxiety when someone offers to fulfill it.

He's still half-considering it - Chief is offering, and they're in a private space, so it's not like anyone's around to go crazy over it, and this isn't the first time he's wanted to lean on Chief and try to feel better about life - when Chief offers that assurance.

And Wash just stares.

"Yeah, I'd hope not," he manages after a few moments of silence. What in the actual fuck.