Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: In Memory of Jay
Posted by… suppressed (3) by the Post Ghost! 👻

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Pipkin’s nose was cold as she rubbed up against him, and then she settled down on the blanket as close to him as she could get. His hand was still in Rand’s and he squeezed it lightly. He didn’t know what he needed. He definitely didn’t want to be alone. There was no one back home he regularly contacted, certainly no one he’d want to talk to. Randy, maybe, but he had no idea what Randy could do that was better than Rand so he didn’t say anything. He sniffed hard, trying to pull himself together, and then lay quietly for a few minutes. “Tea. Tea makes everything better.” It was a half hearted attempt at a joke. Really, all he wanted was peaceful sleep, but he wasn’t getting that, so tea was the next best thing.

~ Roman

A half smirk crossed her face. “My grandma would agree with you.” She was reluctant to get up, but she did. Luckily she had left the kettle on and it only took a couple minutes to make the lavender and chamomile tea. She brought both cups back and settled in next to him. She slipped the tea for a moment. “Our parents took us camping at Loch Lomond for our 13th birthday. Randy and I had gone out to this long stretch of beach butted by the rock formations. Not quite cliffs. We found a baby Osprey that had fallen out of its nest…”

Rand

Roman sat up long enough to drink the tea, listening to her story. He wasn’t thinking it would work, but soon the tea was gone and he was settled back in laying down, holding her hand. Soon his eyes closed and he was back to sleep.

~ Roman

Like always, Rand continued the story until it was finished, even though Roman was asleep. She reached over setting both cups on the side table before laying down, still holding his hand. If that ever stopped working, Rand wasn’t sure what she would do. They slept until Rand heard the comm go through off. It was Franks requesting he come down to the lab. She looked at the time and blinked. 0930. She gently shook him awake. “Roman, the comms going off.”

Rand

Roman had no idea what he would do if that stopped working. It was the only thing keeping him sleeping regularly for months at a time. It didn’t take much to wake him. “What? …Oh.” He yawned and checked the time, and then got up and stretched. Then he went and answered the comm. “Commander Alden here, what was that you needed, Franks?” He asked, trying to hide his tiredness.

~ Roman

“No emergency Sir. At least I don’t think so. It’s the Goo Lizard.” There was a soft snicker from Rand as she got up. Apparently her nicknames were catching. “She acting differently. She doesn’t seem to be in distress, but I thought you might want to see for yourself.”

Roman glanced at Rand and grinned. The whole lab was using her nicknames. It helped that Roman had labelled the tanks with both the animal’s species names and Rand’s names.

Rand started making fresh hot black tea. She knew Roman wouldn’t leave it for Franks he would want to see for himself.

Rand

“I’ll be down in a few minutes. I’ll want to see exactly what’s going on for myself.” Then Roman looked at Rand, she was already making tea. He just wanted to know how long it would be so he could get down to the lab.

~ Roman

“Yes, Sir. Franks out,” and the comm went silent. Rand grinned as he looked at her. “Your tea will be ready by the time you get a fresh uniform on.” Then she flushed slightly as she glanced over at him. “Unless you plan to go like that?” That being shirtless, not that Rand would complain. “Then I can bring it to you.”

Rand

Roman had forgotten he wasn’t wearing a shirt. The joys of being chronically tired. “I’m not sure Franks would appreciate it as much as you do.” He commented, heading to the closet for a fresh uniform. Then he went into the bathroom and changed, coming out a few minutes later.

Tea in hand, he headed down to the labs to see exactly what the goo lizard was doing.

~ Roman