Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in side - sim: To Propose or Not to Propose?

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: To Propose or Not to Propose?

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Roman nodded as he finished putting things away. Then he went with her to the galley. It was empty, it must have been late. Once they had food he picked a table and sat down to eat with her.

When they were finished, he went back to the lab to finish what he’d been doing. He only meant to spend an extra hour or so, but like always, time got away from him and after several hours he found himself stretching, rubbing his eyes, and then peering back into the microscope.

~ Roman

Rand had gone back to his quarters. She had things to review and study. Plus Pipkin deserved to get out of her cage for awhile. Rand woke a few hours later when a small fuzzy whiskered nose tickled the back of her hand. Rand scooped Pipkin up and pet her. She looked at the time and shook her head. She put her PaDD away, put Pipkin in her cage and made her way down to the lab. She wasn’t keeping tabs on him, she was just curious if he was still working or had fallen asleep at the work bench. Stopping just inside the door she shook her head with a grin. The lab was quiet and mostly empty. She made her way over to Roman, who was busy scribbling notes. Despite being only loud enough for Roman to hear her, there was a hint of laughter and affection to her voice. “It’s going to be like this when we’re old and grey isn’t it?”

Rand

Roman looked up when she spoke. “What? How late is it?” He asked, and then checked the time and smiled at her. “I guess it is.” He said, and then once again, he stood and cleaned up the lab station. He looked and sounded tired, and it took a moment for him to realize exactly what she’d said. When we’re old and grey. She’d assumed they’d still be together by the time they were old. As long as he actually married her, and that meant asking and giving her the ring already. His smile widened a little as they headed up to deck 3 together.

~ Roman

After a minute in the lift Rand glanced up at him because she could feel him staring at her. He had that look, the Robinhood look. But not quite. The one like he had when he’d been staring at her in the lab or that night a couple weeks ago at dinner. She blushed but didn’t say anything. The look made her flustered enough.

By the time they got to deck 3 he was still staring at her like that and she glanced at him again. Finally the single word question tumbled off her tongue, “What?”

Rand

Roman blinked as if she’d startled him out of a daydream or something and then smiled and shrugged. “Nothing… I just love you.” Really, he had been daydreaming, lost in his own thoughts. Old and grey together… The lift stopped and the doors opened, so he stepped out. Tomorrow he could find a good day to empty the observation deck for them.

~ Roman