Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in side - sim: What No One Else Sees

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Helena was lost and it was wonderful. She had a wild, outrageous, fun personality. She was a daredevil and a hotshot pilot. But right then Marceau was getting to see a much softer, quieter side of Helena as she relaxed against him.

The kiss eventually drew to its own natural end. Helena, pink cheeked, grinned softly at him. “I should have over done my PT years ago.”

Helena

Marceau kissed her cheek after the kiss ended. Then he gave her a goofy grin. “That is not the lesson you’re supposed to take from this.” He kissed her gently again, just a peck, and then said, “I wish it didn’t take overdone PT to bring us here.”

~ Marceau

Helena totally interpreted ‘not the lesson’ with that goofy grin as ‘stop being cute so I can stay mad at you for being reckless.’ She set her head against his shoulder as he held her to support her. A hug, an embrace they had given each other many times over the years, but it was different now. “Well the good thing is we are here now, so I don’t have to do that again. Which is good because I feel horrible.”

Helena

Marceau rested his head against her and squeezed her gently when she said she felt horrible. “I wish you hadn’t done that to yourself. I am making you take at least tomorrow off.” Then he grinned, “It’s too bad I don’t also have tomorrow off.”

~ Marceau

Helena nodded and was tempted to argue, but 13 years and she knew when she could and could not convince Cpt Renault to change his mind. 13 years and she knew when Marceau would put up with her antics and when he would get more stubborn than her. Her next comment was inevitable, though unlikely. “Well you are the captain and make your own schedule. You always complain of sitting in the center chair with nothing to do for hours on end. Tell them to comm you, you are working from your quarters on reports.” It was well within the norm, and they weren’t scheduled for anything but more travel the next day. It was a small ship, getting to the bridge didn’t take long.

Helena