Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Resort- Finding Our Own Paradise

Posted by Lieutenant Corinne Dalton (Scientist) in Resort- Finding Our Own Paradise

Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Resort- Finding Our Own Paradise
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She pressed her body against his, but more for the contact. There was nothing flirty intended… just now. Cori tipped her head up and smiled. “Well, right now I’m enjoying the process, especially since I have a wonderful guide. Any suggestions for other ways to sync my body and mind?” Okay, maybe thatwas more flirty than she initially intended and she smirked. They were going to make it to dinner, right?

~Corinne Dalton

Royal laughed and gave her a not-so-quivk kiss and then said “Oh, I can think of’a few ways…” and grinned and winked at her. “But we have dinner reservations in five hours, and I don’t want ta miss that.” His eyes sparkled with a promise of utter mischief, however, and his hands slipped onto places that were mischievous indeed.

Cmdr. Royal Sinclair, XO

She smirked, lacing her fingers behind his neck. “That’s a lot of time to kill. So what are your suggestions for this mind-body connection syncing that still involves us making it to dinner?”

~Corinne Dalton

Royal looked at her with a mock shocked expression on his face. “Why dear Ms. Dalton, are you propositioning me? Because if you are, I am completely ok with it.” and he laughed.

Cmdr. Royal Sinclair, XO

Her smirk deepened into a grin. “Hey, you were the one who suggested it first, I wasn’t upping the ante. I was just trying to deduce in what form exactly this syncing could take place. Now, as for a proposition, I just might be, but in such a case we’re going to have to set aside a good chunk of time and I think that would preclude dinner.”

She chuckled. “I guess that leaves us with still the question of how do we pass the time until we get ready for dinner?”

~Corinne Dalton

Royal looked at her for a long time, his eyes locked in hers. He had a look she hadn’t seen before… and it was serious. He took a breath and then asked “Cori… How long have we known each other? Counting the time apart… How long?”

Cmdr. Royal Sinclair, XO

“Is this a trick question? Because the answer is 834 days, or two years, three months and two weeks,” she said nonchalantly, even as she gazed at him intently with her vibrant eyes. She was all too aware that they had been apart pretty much as long as they had known each other. Strange thought, that.

~Corinne Dalton

His eyes stayed fixed on hers. “Right. Now…” and he took a deep breath. “I know that time passed for you much differently than it did for me. And I know that since those experiences weren’t even remotely similar, some things could be… ‘different’… for you than they are for me. But… I’ve thought long and hard about this… and…” He paused and looked at her for a long moment in silence, and then he leaned in and kissed her. They had kissed before, but there was something else to it this time. This time was… powerful. As he drew back after several moments, his eyes found hers…

The kiss was different and she couldn’t place exactly how but Cori could feel it. It reverberated through her very cells.

And he said “I love you, Cori. I have for a long time.”

Cmdr. Royal Sinclair, XO

Air in. And out. In and out. It made perfect sense. His actions all spoke to that specific feeling and yet it was still a surprise to hear them aloud.

Corinne Dalton had heard those words spoken to her before. They had always led to heartbreak. So yeah, it scared her, not to mention she was still understand how she felt about just about anything. But as she gazed at Royal with her intense blue eyes, his gaze settled something in her. She nodded a little. “Okay,” Cori whispered. “And I hope it’s okay if I’m not ready to say them back just yet. Like you said, you’ve had longer, and it’s been different.” She didn’t want to hurt him and she braced herself for what would have the inevitable backlash in the past. Intrinsically though, she knew differently, that he was different. That didn’t stop her from being worried, afraid.

~Corinne Dalton