"Not yet." Keeping it out of the computer's watchful - eyes - that he knew Steve meant no contact. Radio silence after his near death experience was an intense strain on the soldier. Every now and then he had to try to spy on Steve in the commissary as discreetly as possible just to reassure himself the other man was still around. Things were fucked up enough without loosing track of the other soldier entirely and he wanted to be sure he could get a hold of him if necessary. But he couldn't exactly advertise that.

"Just making sure I can find a way to get in touch with Parer if the CO says I need to run another mission with her." That was a reasonable cover, he felt.