Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: The Essence of a Yeoman

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: The Essence of a Yeoman

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Roman waited for him, standing just outside the door. When Randy handed him the hypo, he held it like it might bite him or something. At Randy’s comment he grinned. Darn, he really had been looking forward to that. “Too bad. Thanks,” he said, and then he headed back to his own quarters with Rand, still holding the hypo like it was going to hurt him or something. “Randy isn’t coming so he can’t say anything to get himself hit, but he gave me this to give you,” He said.

~ Roman

“Knew he had smarts somewhere.” She mumbled and flopped the pillow out of the way. She cracked her eyes open, and her features softened when she looked at him. “I can do it if you don’t want to.” Rand didn’t like taking meds when they weren’t necessary, but as a rule she wasn’t against them. She just didn’t like sedatives and having to stay overnight in sickbay.

Rand

Roman sat down on the bed by her and shook his head. “I can do it for you.” He wasn’t the one taking it, it shouldn’t be a problem. But it did bother him a bit. He’d rather make himself get over it than make Rand do it herself. He gently pressed the hypo to her neck, like Randy had said, until there was that standard soft hiss as it dispensed the medicine. “There, see?” That wasn’t so hard, he added the last part to himself, for himself.

~ Roman

Rand sighed as the medicine dispensed and moved her head before he moved away, the intent to kiss his hand, but got his forearm instead. Why? Simply because. “Thank you.” It didn’t take long for the medicine to start working. It was obvious when the corners of her eyes relaxed and the frown line between them disappeared. Then it got her neck and back, and even though she didn’t move at all she seemed less stiff.

Rand

Roman smiled as her lips made contact with his forearm. He set the used hypo down on the side table and continued to rub her shoulders and her back for a while longer, until she looked more relaxed and not so stiff. Then he lay down beside her, his arm around her.

~ Roman