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

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Roman was busy (and tired) all morning, and didn’t make it back to check on her until lunch. When he did, he brought lunch with him and stayed for as long as he could. It was only a little over a half hour and he spent it sitting with her mostly. Then he had to go back to work. He was back a little late after his shift, but when he got there he sat down with her, hugged her, and asked her, “How was your day?”

~ Roman

Rand had obviously just gotten out of the shower. She was attempting to brush her hair, but the brush was hurting the back of her head. Something that hadn’t happened in a week or more, but she had a horrible headache and it was making it worse. She dropped the brush to her lap and tried to smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes. “I guess okay. Randy was here all day.” Which in translation meant that Randy was forcing her to talk about it. Nothing bad happened, but it was a hard day. “I have a headache and it’s making me dizzy. What did you do today?” She loved hearing him talk about his work, and it would be a nice distraction.

Rand

“It was busy,” Roman said, and then smiled at her, “And boring because it wasn’t much in the way of lab work today. Today I was XO Roman more than CSO Roman.” Then he told her about some of the things he’d been doing all day. He looked around the room as if he might get in trouble or checking for Randy, “I had to use my hypo again.” And he’d had to search everywhere for it again, though that part he didn’t tell her. It had ended up being in his office, in a drawer he didn’t usually use. “And then I could sit in the lab and do paperwork…” Roman HATED paperwork, and it seemed so much worse without Rand there doing it with him.

~ Roman

Rand laid her hand over his chest and rubbed a small circle with her palm. “Are you okay?” She didn’t ask if he thought he had over done it, he obviously had. Just going on about his day like he normally would. She understood feeling fine and the next moment you weren’t. “I wish I could help. It’s just sitting at a computer, but Randy and Elbbirt said no. Randy threatened to tell Yarwood if I tried.” Rand groaned at the thought. The man might put her back on bed rest.

She picked up the brush and started trying to gently work the knots out of her hair while it was still damp. She nodded her head toward the cage where Pipkin was laying on her side, rather than curled into a fuzzy ball, asleep. “I wore her out.” Rand smiled and sighed at the same time. “I’m bored, but can’t do much.”

Rand