Posted by Commander Siadra Enai (Executive Officer) in Calloway’s Quarters - A shoulder to lean on? Someone to vent to?

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Calloway’s Quarters - A shoulder to lean on? Someone to vent to?

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Calloway’s Quarters - A shoulder to lean on? Someone to vent to?

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Shara gave the XO a lopsided grin. “You already helped by bringing the booze. That’s a complicated decisions for me all on its own, but for now it’s what I needed. Micah and I will work things out, but right now I just needed to let myself a bit of a temper tantrum so that later I could move forward without losing my shit.” She shrugged. “You’re telepathic, so you’ll be aware if I’m distressed. I can’t show it to the rest of the crew, but it’s nice to know there’s one person I won’t need to explain it to. I wish I could promise my symptoms won’t surface at an inconvenient time, but I can’t. If you can accept that as a risk of having my experience on this mission, then I’ll accept it as well.”

Commander Calloway, CIO

“Of course I can accept that and should your symptoms surface at an inconvenient time, or at any time, really, I’ll be there to help and support you as best as I can and in which ever way that is possible in any given moment.” Siadra looked her deeply in the eyes. Her expression serious and tender at the same time. “I promise you I’ll do all in my power to help that well succeed in this mission and that we’ll all make it out okay. And then I’ll do what I can to get us all the psychological support we’ll need and some R&R.”

~Cmdr. Enai, XO

“R&R. Just had some of that, but it was surprisingly not as relaxing as I had imagined.” Shara smiled. “Though it’s nice to know i have a place to go home to,” she added, her voice soft. Just thinking of Tennessee made her content, and not the least of which because she could be there with Micah.

Commander Calloway, CIO

Bump

“Why is that?” Siadra asked gently, but curiously. Yes, she had come here mostly in her capacity as First Officer and to offer her services as highly trained therapist. But she genuinely liked the older woman. And while she knew that there would always be a lot that Shara wouldn’t be able to share with her, whether she may want to or not, simply because she didn’t have the clearance to know, she hoped that they would be able to get to know each other a little better. And not just as officers serving on the same ship.

~Cmdr. Enai, XO

Calloway snorted. “Oh, we don’t have to to go through the whole of it, but I did unexpectedly get married, and had something of a family reunion. And was helping my daughter deal with the fallout of all that.” Shara turned her gaze on Enai. “Faye sometimes needs extra attention and help through difficult moments. I’m so grateful I even get to be here to help, but it was a hard time for both of us. We worked through it though.” She thought back momentarily to that recent conversation. “It’s hard to look your child in the eye and admit you messed up, Siadra. That you could have done better if you made different decisions. We can’t go back and change what happened, but the past has a way of forcing a reckoning whether you like it or not.

Commander Calloway, CIO