Posted by James Sinclair in Event Horizon- Amongst the Stars

Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Event Horizon- Amongst the Stars

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Faye laughed lightly. “I get where she is though. I know it well. Give her time Dag. Unrequited love is really hard, and sometimes, for me at least, I assumed what I was feeling was love because someone showed me more care than I was accustomed to. It’s easy to get it mixed up. Whatever it is for her, if she’s meant to be a friend or whatever, she needs time. When she’s ready, you’ll know,” she said softly digging into her mussels again.

“You know the funny thing about everything I went through? Alex anticipated my wanting to do Command training. But not only that, I now find myself turning to that part of me that will one day be Captain Calloway and trying to puzzle out what she would do,” she said softly, her tone pensive. “And I think I can only access her when everything slows down. I feel calmer now than I have since I was a kid. And I know it has a lot to do with my not feeling like the rug’s going to be pulled out from underneath me at any second. I have spent me entire adult life feeling that way and right now I’m just savouring it. And if you need to borrow some of my calm when I have it, it’s all your,” she said brightly.

~Faye Calloway

“I’ll take all of it I can get.” and he popped the mussel in his mouth and nodded. “Ok, that’s good.” he said after swallowing. He watched her for a few moments and then smiled and took a drink. “You’re going to be a great Captain, Faye. I’d happily serve under you.” and he blushed slightly. “You know what I mean, regardless of how that sounded.” and he chuckled. “Maybe the Manhattan could be yours one day… you never know.” and he grinned.

Daggum

Faye had popped another mussel into her mouth when he had backtracked on the possible double entendre. The involuntary snorted and the damn thing slipped back. It hit the back of her throat har and stuck for a second as Daggum mentioned her as a possible captain for the Manhattan. She drew in a thin breath, and she could have been fine there, but the damn thing lid down her throat… slowly. It as that uncomfortable feeling of something hard in your esophagus that was taking its sweet time going down. Faye reached for her water and went to sip but it was empty. She sucked in a breath as she set the glass down hard on the table and croaked, “Water… please!”

~Faye Calloway