Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Myqian’s Quarters- Harsh Realities

Posted by Lieutenant Zoi Haven (Chief of Security) in Myqian’s Quarters- Harsh Realities

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Myqian’s Quarters- Harsh Realities
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Zoi turned her attention away from Dira and glanced around the room. She had seen it when she had come in, but had not taken note of it due to the level of distress Dira had shown. Her attention and energy had been needed there. Yet now as she looked around she smiled and chuckled a bit. The room was tidy and she knew it wasn’t how Dira lived. “Well, you always have been up front about the fact you are messy. I suppose I will see the evidence of it in time. Eventually you won’t want to impress me anymore and you will stop cleaning up before my visits.”

She couldn’t help but grin. It was the reality of new relationships that you wanted to put your best foot forward, but Dira wasn’t a person who often worried about surface actions. She got under the veneer quickly and valued when others did the same for her, even if she might hate it in the moment. “Well, it wasn’t my choice this time, but I didn’t have the energy to object and it saved me that hassle later,” she said with a shrug.

Her mind fell to Kane and she frowned a bit as she felt a twinge of jealousy. Who was he to Dira? Obviously, he was a friend who was concerned for her and though she logically knew that Dira would speak to anything beyond that, her heart didn’t quite get the message.

Haven, CoS

Their relationship was deep, and honest, and Dira wasn’t about to stop being open, so when that uncertainty, and fear? crept across her mind, she turned fully to gaze at Zoi, her hilly brow crinkling. “Hey, what’s happening for you right now?” she said, reaching out and brushing the back of her fingers against Zoi’s cheek.

Commander Myqian, XO

Zoi leaned into the touch and with a half laugh she grinned. “Oh, everyone has insecurities from time to time. Mine just hit me a little hard a moment ago.” She took a deep breath and let it out shaking her head ruefully. “My brain took a turn towards jealousy-town about Kane. It will fade soon and I am not actually worried about it on any real level. I’ve never been cheated on and I am fully aware you would never do something like that.”

“I hate feeling like that even for a moment and I have no idea where it comes from.”

Haven, CoS

Dira couldn’t help but grin, but she wasn’t making fun of Zoi in any way. But Kane? Wow… that was a thought. A weird one. “Well, though I know I don’t have to reassure you, he and I are coworkers and maybe possibly friends. I don’t know. Half the time I want to drop-kick him out an airlock, but I’ve always appreciated friends that challenged my own beliefs and ways of being.”

Zoi grinned. That was a sentiment shared by most of Kane’s coworkers. His flippant mouth was quite often a source of simultaneous amusement and annoyance. Some people enjoyed that kind of conflicting personality though. Dira’s words were reassuring and somehow she needed to hear them. Mollified, she let it go and focused her full attention back on the woman in front of her.

Leaning in, she brushed her lips on Zoi’s cheek. “But don’t think I’m not secretly giddy with the idea that you care that much for me. Because it’s very mutual my dear.”

Commander Myqian, XO

She couldn’t help but close her eyes and turn into the caress. Zoi was glad that they had at least turned the tide from the panic and overwhelming senses Dira was feeling to a much more calm and even mildly happy attitude. An idea sprang to mind and taking it, she continued to nuzzle Dira, gently pushing her back on the bed. A few hours of slow, languid bodily worship and endorphins should help too.

Haven, CoS