Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Side Sim - Calloway and Pikelsimer, Head in The Cloud

Posted by Civilian Micah Pikelsimer (Federation Security Agent) in Side Sim - Calloway and Pikelsimer, Head in The Cloud

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Side Sim - Calloway and Pikelsimer, Head in The Cloud
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She matched his grin and she danced ever closer to him. “Now, now, you know full well I’ve never let myself belong to a place since Tracken. I can be anywhere, but to want to be somewhere specific? That’s new. And in my head, Tennessee is where I became whole again… with you. I don’t know, I just don’t ever see myself running off to the cabin without you at my side.”

~Shara

Micah waved off the statement with his metal hand. “Bull. There’s gonna be a time, I’m sure, that I’m gonna be off doing gods-knows-what for the ‘safety and security of the Federation’ and you’ll just want to be left alone for a bit. So go. It’s yours now, anyways. Mine and yours. So let it be home. It may not be Tracken… but I think it’ll do ya just fine.” and he smiled at her.

Micah

As the music continued, she leaned in and pressed her cheek against his, breaking into a smile. “What else do you think we should make a point of once we are done with the current nonsense?” She said nonsense lightly, with humour. Naturally she was very serious about it all, but still, she was trying to keep it all in perspective. And he was right. There were other things after this mission wrapped up. People to see, daughters to connect with more. She didn’t want to lose what her and Faye had crafted since the Manhattan. It was hard earned and fought for, especially after Nadine entered into the picture. And then there was Gavin… and the news about her father. But that last bit was quickly buried within. She had no time right now to even contemplate him at all.

~Shara

“Hmmm… go back home. Relax for a while.” He was silent a moment and then said “Maybe build a place for Faye and the boy of hers. Give ‘em a spot to call home that doesn’t have a warp drive in it. Whaddya think?”

Micah

Shara pulled back slightly and grinned. “I think that’s a fantastic idea. A surprise, of course.” Her expression shifted. “Are you really going to be able to stay on the Asimov? I mean, we’re both independent and all, but given everything, I strangely dislike the idea of spending more time apart than together.” She would never ask him to shirk his duty, nor would he ask it of her. But she accepted their fly-by-night marriage believing that they would be able to be a married couple. Sure, it was going to look very untraditional most likely, but having had the chance to be together away from the cabin in Tennessee, she was getting rather attached to his presence here.

~Shara

Micah shrugged. “I mean technically I can work from anywhere.” he said. “And with the new ship, I bet I could fit Vanessa in the shuttle bay. Don’t see no reason why I can’t stay.” He smiled at her and then leaned in and kissed her. He held it for a long time before pulling back and grinning. “Perks a’ the job, love… perks a’ the job.” he said.

Micah

“You’ve mentioned those perks before. Glad there are still some,” Shara said, her eyes glinting despite the seriousness of her tone. It was the same for her all told and it was as he had told Nadine back at the cabin: they were fast approaching the point where their job were no longer exciting. Shara had opted to ditch the field work for many reasons, but she was still an Intelligence officer and a damned good one. She just wished the transition to a unshadowed life could have been just a tad more straightforward and less like being punched in the gut.

She snuggled in close again as they danced. “You know, this new ship is a lot bigger. Do you think the Captain would mind if I got us a piano here too?” A damn right luxury that would be. Yes, her guitar was one of her most prized possessions but to have a piano at her disposal that didn’t disappear with a program? Priceless. She was sure many wouldn’t understand the compulsion, but she was one of those musicians who bonded with their instruments.

~Shara

Micah laughed. “Dammit, woman. No.” he said firmly, but with a small grin. “We put one in the house, and I will be damned if I am giving up what little space we got so you can have one here, too. Thats what holodecks are for, after all.” and he chuckled. “ ‘Sides, it’s not like I get to put a tool bench in here. So if I can’t have mine, you can’t have yours.”

Micah

Shara put a hand on her hip and half-rolled her eyes. “I wasn’t suggesting here. More like the Lounge. We actually have one now, small as it is. In fact it kind of reminds me of Voyager’s.” She shrugged. “Anyway, it was an idle thought.” She wasn’t going to get into the differences between a real piano and a holographic one with him. Musicians understood that instruments became living objects, with their own characteristics that you got to know over time and making music with them was about learning to listen and be in tune with how the instrument wanted to be played. You could never have that on a holodeck.

The music changed and she hummed to him as they danced. They hadn’t been married a terribly long time and she already felt like she were breaking promises. Sure, singing to him every morning was perhaps a silly thing to promise, but when she had agreed back in Tennessee it had meant something. It wasn’t that she hadn’t wanted to sing to him since he arrived, but it just hadn’t happened and she wasn’t sure why, just that it was something about her she needed to figure out.

~Shara

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