Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Hannah Lori Asimina (Doctor) in After Duty

Posted by Commander Daniel “DaVinci” Colter (Chief Intelligence Officer/ 2nd Officer) in After Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Hannah Lori Asimina (Doctor) in After Duty

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Hannah is wearing the same deep green short sleeve shirt that he had seen her in on the star base. Her hair, though looks like she’s been running her hands through it over and over, in frustration. She stares at the screen quiet for a moment, looking slightly haunted. We’re finally back at Starbase 12. I keep expecting to see you every time we come here. I was having lunch with Charles. We grew up on Catawba Colony together. He was a couple years behind me at the academy. I was wandering around looking for you. Hoping I’d see you. I ran into him and so we had lunch. I…Daniel I could have swore I saw you. I looked up and there you were, but then I blinked and you were gone. I looked for hours. She wipes a tear off her face. I miss you so much. I’m starting to have hallucinations of seeing you. I really thought it was you. Obviously, I never found you. It was just a waking nightmare. To see you so close but it’s not real. I love you. You were my one chance, and now you’re gone. Maybe in the next life?

He looked at the letters, not reading, but scanning, seeing the important words. . . miss you so much. . . love you. . . .gone. . . ?

“You didn’t hurt me, Daniel. Never in a million years. It was a horrible, horribly twist of fate. You have absolutely nothing to be sorry for.” She has no idea if maybe she’d gone too far. He thought she’d move on. Had he? She had no idea if he had anyone in his life now. And if not, did he even want to be with her again? “There is no one in my life for you to take me away from. Never was.” She takes a deep breath. Asking the question she needs to know the answer. “Is…is there someone who makes you happy? Someone to steal you away from?” She wouldn’t, if he was happy she would leave him be, it would break her heart, but not as much as seeing him unhappy would.
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“I. . .no. . yes. . .there is. . . it’s complicated, Hannah. I have feelings for her, but . . . she isn’t you!! She’s.. . . ”

DaVinci stood from the chair and turned away from Hannah, running both hands through his hair. Turning back around, his eyes were rimmed with redness. He stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly.

“Hannah, I love you. . . .I’ve never stopped loving you, I’ve never stopped thinking about you. The other woman, I know there’s nothing. . . nothing that can be long term, anyway. She could never replace you. No one could. . . .you’re still in my dreams.”

“We have a chance to get back what we both thought was lost, and I want to try. I want your face to be the last thing I see as I fall asleep each night, and the first thing I see when I open my eyes every morning. Holding you, here, like this, in my arms again. . . it’s perfect. . . “

DaVinci placed a gentle hand on her chim and raised it so she was looking up at him. He stared a long time into her eyes, then whispered, ” I finally feel complete again. . .”

He could hold back no longer as he lowered his head and touched her lips for the first time in what seemed like forever. . . . .

Colter (CIO)