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

Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in side - sim: What No One Else Sees

Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in side - sim: What No One Else Sees
Posted by… suppressed (10) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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Helena had made it through her first shift. Really it wasn’t bad at all. She sat the whole time, but got up to stretch and check the star maps a few times, and took a lap during her meal break. She had reported directly to sickbay afterwards. She was not going to risk annoying Grey.

Now she was in her quarters having just stepped out of a very hot, indulgent shower. She slipped her compression clothes on, just to be cautious today.

Helena

Marceau had made it through his shift that day as well. His stress was still affecting him, and he was definitely hiding it from the crew. He had yet to speak to Grace about the shipwide R+R Gray had requested he set up. By the end of their shift, he’d looked worn out and tired and like he still wasn’t feeling great.

It was a while after their shift, when he knew Helena would be back from her check in with sickbay, that he headed to her door and knocked, wanting to see how she was doing.

~ Marceau

Helena finished pulling her shirt on and tugged it into place. She walked over to the door and hit the control. She tried not to grin to hugely seeing Marceau at the door. “Come in.” She stepped back so he could and then allowed the door to close. “How are you feeling?”

Helena

Marceau stepped in and moved away from the door, smiling at her. “Bien.” He answered in French, and then switched to English, “I am okay.” Then he sighed and smiled tiredly, “Maybe a little less then okay.” He looked at her, “How are you feeling? Have your muscles improved?”

~ Marceau

“I’m tired, but not like I was. I can still tell I over did it, but no out right pain or spasms.” Helena sat on her bunk, leaving Marceau the option to sit next to her or the desk chair. “Today was uneventful, so that is good right? Are the antacids doing any good?”

Helena

Marceau smiled as he sat next to her. “Good. No pain and no spasms is very good.” The news seemed to give him some relief. “It is. Uneventful is good. The antacids are helping with the nausea, but it’s still there. But I will be fine.”

~ Marceau

“It is. Dr. Grey is going to look at my PT records and adjust my routine if necessary. I will be much more careful.” She laughed a little ironically. “We make a pair don’t we, Marceau? We are both over working out of worry and stress and making ourselves sick. So,” she tapped his leg, “I don’t need to be a doctor to know we need better ways to relax. What are we going to do?”

Helena

Marceau smiled when she laughed. “We do, don’t we?” At her question, he sighed and shrugged. “Doctor Grey said I had to find ways to lower my stress levels or she may have to get Starfleet Command involved.” He looked at Helena, “She showed me the results of my scans. She would be right to.”

~ Marceau

Helena nodded, “She told me the same thing. In not quite so many words, she said not to worry about the disease getting to me, she would take care of my discharge herself if I didn’t behave.” It was a real threat and Helena knew it. Marceau would do the same if he had to. “So what are we going to do to make sure we are relaxing and distressing? Any ideas?”

Helena

“Good,” Marceau said. He would do it himself if he had to, for her health. He didn’t know what he’d do if her disease got worse. “I don’t know. I have to schedule a shipwide r+r per doctor’s orders, but besides that…” He shrugged. “I don’t know what to do to ‘relax better’.”

~ Marceau

“Hmmm,” Helena tapped a finger on her cheek, “Well I suppose we should make sure we leave our shift when we are supposed to. I mean you have other pilots and I know they are all fit and well trained. And you have Grace and the Gamma shift lead. Hmmm....what can we do together that isn’t work related. Keep each other accountable?”

Helena

“Definitely keep each other accountable.” Marceau looked at her and nodded. “Yes, we should both be leaving our shift when we’re supposed to… But what can we do while we are off duty…?” That was when what he’d been thinking of in Sickbay came back to him and he gave her a mischievous look, “There are a couple of things you and I could do.” He said, making it clear he specifically meant the two of them.

~ Marceau

Helena’s eyes widened slightly, her jaw dropping very slightly. Was Marceau openly and confidently flirting with her? He was! Then she grinned, “Well as you know I am a very visual and kinesthetic learner. You will have to demonstrate.”

Helena