Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) in VIP Quarters- ‘Missing’ Side Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Steven Leon Marsh (Chief Science Officer) in VIP Quarters- ‘Missing’ Side Sim

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) in VIP Quarters- ‘Missing’ Side Sim

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Alright, this was wonderful and awkward all at the same time and Cass felt her cheeks warming. She took a sip of her water guessing that neither Steven or her mother would miss it entirely. “Well, being chief wasn’t the goal, but…”-she set the glass down, her expression pensive-“Range believed in me. Whether he was cultivating me outright or not, I do believe that he looked for ways to push me, and to get me to push myself. When Dvorak gave me the role, I actively didn’t try to step into his shoes. I’ve just been trying to find my own way and remember what he as my Mentor taught me. That and I’ve had other examples to work from too,” she said, shooting Steven a warm look. He was the epitome of ‘work smarter, not harder’ and there was a lot to be said for having fun and keeping the team from getting bogged down in seriousness everyday all day. Balance was key, and while he didn’t always show it, she had always seen that what he chose to put effort into, he enjoyed.

Norene couldn’t handle too much of the stew, as lovely as it tasted and she had pushed it away. During her daughter’s little speech, she found herself bracing her elbow on the table and resting her chin on her hand. “You’ve changed,” she said softly, hoping it wouldn’t be taken badly. Small observances though had told her the greater story and she was suddenly aware that maybe she didn’t know her daughter as well as she thought she did.

Marsh presumed ‘for the better,’ but the Cassidy he knew was always pretty nice and mature. Of course many people were in comparison to him..

Cass shrugged. “I grew up. It happens,” she deadpanned before she shifted in a smirk.

“Yes it does,” Norene agreed.

~The Abramses

Marsh looked at her for a moment, “She’s going to out rank me soon.” With a twinkle in his eye. He always wanted to fool around with someone who significantly out-ranked him.

Marsh

Cass laughed openly. “I don’t know about that, though I’m not entirely sure I’d complain if that were to happen,” she said with a grin, glancing back at Steven.

She had been expecting some sort of cheeky rejoinder from her mother, but when she looked over, Norene’s eyes were slipping closed. Cassidy reached out and gently tapped her mother’s propped up arm with the back of her fingertips. “Hey you.”

“Hmmm?” Norene said, blinking her eyes open and sitting upright.

“Go to bed,” Cassidy insisted.

Norene glanced between the two and then smirked at her daughter. “Yes, Ma’am,” she said, offering a lopsided grin before heading off to crash in the bedroom.

Cassidy watched with qual amounts of amusement and worry. If nothing else, Norene Abrams was as tough as they got, but even tough people needed to rest and recuperate. She shook her head and looked at Steven. “So… now you’ve met the mother. What do you think?” her mother was charming, but even at her most tired and worn out she felt her mother was still intimidating. At least to her.

~The Abramses

He looked at the elder Abrams, he had no intention of saying anything aside from a complement about Cassidy’s mother in front of her whether she was asleep or not. “She’s a force of nature.”

He smiled. “Maybe you should sleep here, be around when she wakes up and take care of her. Forces of Nature tend not to think they are human after all.”

Marsh