Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders (Chief of Security) in Alterior Motive.... What Alterior Motive? (Tag Leah Hart)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Leah Hart (Nurse Practitioner/Counseling) in Alterior Motive.... What Alterior Motive? (Tag Leah Hart)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Leah Hart (Nurse Practitioner/Counseling) in Alterior Motive.... What Alterior Motive? (Tag Leah Hart)
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After meeting the Sentinel’s new Nurse Practitioner, Leah Hart and feeling that he’d struck a chord with her, Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders was eager to spend as much time in Sickbay getting to know her as he could without it starting to look suspicious. So, the next morning during his usual patrol around the many corridors of the Sentinel’s main areas, the young Yorkshireman made sure that Sickbay became his first call.

Crossing the threshold into the Main Sickbay, Marcus couldn’t help but grin at the fact that it was clear that Leah was already a dedicated officer, as he found her hard at work and pouring over what looked like experimental medical data.

“Blimey lass, it’s safe to say I’ll know who to blame if the ship blows up in the next twelve hours.”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

Leah turned her head away from the data on the screen, brows quirked. “Pretty sure you’ll be safe. I’m a mental health nurse, not a chemist,” she said with a smirk. “But I am working on long term research and there’s a lot of previous data I need to review before I can make sense of everything.”

~Leah Hart, NP

‘What’s the field?’ Marcus asked, genuinely curious.

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

“Well, the field is my own- mental health- but specifically looking at long term trauma and physiology. How a person’s own biology, and how even a makeup as a species can determine certain reactions or non reactions to trauma triggers.” Leah flashed him a smile. “It’s exciting to me, but maybe less so to others.”

~Leah Hart, NP

“Have you been performing experiments like this long?” Marcus asked, tapping the console with his hand.

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

“Uh, it’s not all my research. Think of it more like a meta analysis.” Leah shrugged. “I have been looking into developing a more physiology-informed practice for several years now. My hope is to gather information for others in my field so we can compare and contrast our findings and hopefully develop a better approach to xenopsychology. The more the Federation expands, and the more species we meet, the more we need to factor in biology and culture into our approaches.”

She turned away from the screen to face him. “And What can Sickbay help you with today, Lieutenant?” Leah said with a relaxed smile.

~Leah Hart, NP

“Nothing in particular lass,” Marcus replied, bracing himself to turn on the charm, “I guess you could say I just enjoyed your company in the mess hall last night.”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

“The five minutes I was there for a meal?” she said with a grin. Leah was a friendly person and she wanted to get to know this crew. That anyone sought her out at all was a point in their favour, but she also was not naive, nor did she fall prey to games.

~Leah Hart, NP

“What can I say, we Anders boys pride ourselves on being good judges of character.”

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

Her amusement grew. “And what is it that you’ve judged about my character?” Leah asked, resting an arm on the edge of the desktop. She was curious how the security chief assessed people in such a short interaction. They were both in positions where they often had to make decisions based on intuition and brief interaction.

~Leah Hart, NP

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Marcus grinned, ‘Well it’s certainly safe to say you’re passionate about what you do lass, which is something I always like in… Starfleet Officers,’ he chuckled nervously.

-Lieutenant Junior Grade Marcus Anders: Chief of Security-

Her deep brown eyes took on a sudden fierceness. “I’m passionate about making sure my patients have the best outcomes they can possibly have. And out here I’m their first chance because otherwise by the time they are remanded to Starfleet Medical, their careers are either derailed or they have to change assignments.” She hadn’t missed his stutter and what the unsaid alternative had been. Her expression softened slightly, amusement touching her eyes. “That being said, I’m Spanish and come from a very opinionated family. We’re passionate about everything. It’s practically a genetic marker at this point.”

~Leah Hart, NP