Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in side - sim: Head Case

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Roman grinned sheepishly and looked at the bland food. He’d already nibbled off a cracker, but nibbling off one saltine hardly qualified as eating. Then they were alone and Roman leaned a little bit into Rand, putting his arm around her. “We’ll make sure you’re drinking enough from now on, avoid this happening again, okay?”

~ Roman

Rand sighed quietly, “Okay.” The infusion unit was uncomfortable. It didn’t really hurt but was in an awkward location because of her burns. And now her arms were wrapped up again. Granted not as heavily as they had been before, and she really didn’t want to scratch at her arms. She lifted the bottle to take another drink. She supposed she should be grateful it wasn’t something more serious. Or maybe it was that bad if Randy had to hook her up to medical equipment. She sighed, frustrated and defeated. She should be able to take care of herself. She was incredibly grateful to have Roman and Randy to take care of her, but she just felt so useless.

Rand

Roman thought they looked pretty sad sitting there together, her with the infusion unit in her arm and her arms bandaged and him laying next to her with his tray of bland foods. At least he didn’t feel so bad anymore. Being careful of her arm with the infusion unit in it, Roman put his arm around her and leaned in, cuddling in against her with a content sigh.

~ Roman

Rand curled into him, finally comfortable as the headache, nausea, and other pains began to subside. She was also suddenly tired, again, but the body needed rest after being on distress. She has to finish the bottle of water though, and then Randy was going to come back to remove the infusion unit. And she had to make sure to drink enough after he did. And she had to remember because she didn’t want to do this again.

Roman sighed as he held her and she finished the water and then put her head back. Roman hugging her was still her favorite place. Maybe she could close her eyes for just a little bit, and be content in the moment. After a long silence her voice sounded with soft Gaelic, “Do you feel better?”

Rand