Posted by Major General Charles Tenkiller (Vice-Commander, Colonial Customs and Defense Agency) in Three Isn’t A Crowd If You Don’t Want It To Be

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Charles pulled back after a long moment and smiled. “You may not say right now, but I guarantee you don’t kiss people like that unless you you are at least smitten with them.” He looked at V and said “Whaddya think, hun? Think our dear Sharah is in deep smit?” and he laughed and grabbed a piece of bacon.

Tenkiller

Yavia’s eyes danced at a dazed and very smitten Sharah. “Oh she passed smitten weeks ago. You should have heard her. She couldn’t go 15 minutes without your name crossing her lips.” Yavia was suddenly silenced as a biscuit was shoved into her mouth to shut her up. She took a bite, chewed and then washed it down.

“It’s called venting,” Sharah’s face was flushed 5 shades of red. “He was disrupting the care of my patients with his annoying need to show off!”

“I believe your words were ‘annoyingly likable’ with a happy grin on your face. Oh and let’s not forget she walks into the ward every morning and the first words are, ‘Tenkiller here?’ and the answer is no and she’d go pout in an officer for an hour.”

Yavia

“That was not pouting. That was making good use of the quiet before he arrived and brought total chaos with him.” Yavia smirked and opened her mouth. Sharah decided if it worked for them, it could very well work for her. She leaned across Charles, tugging Yavia’s hand till she was only an inch from her, looked her dead in the eye, “Shut up, luv,” leaned in and kissed her. Quick, but full of meaning. Then she sat up, grabbed her toast, “Eat your breakfast, Yavia,” and took a bite.

Sharah

Charles blinked once… twice… and then started laughing. He then started chanting “One-of-us! One-of-us!” loudly. He took a deep breath and then looked at the two women. “So a kinda serious question that I guess we should address.” He took a drink and then asked “So how do we wanna handle this outside’a here? As in… what do we want to tell people? Or are we gonna try and hide it? I will say I ain’t a fan of that approach, but for professionalism purposes I’ll entertain the idea ina discussion.”

Tenkiller

Yavia just stared at Sharah for a long quiet moment and then softly brushed a strand behind her ear. Then she looked at TK. “I’m not afraid to tell people, it’s not really their business but I’m not going to hide it. Though it’s not like I could. The nurses will know that I am not in my apartment and the gossip and speculation will spread like fire on dried leaves.” Yavia shrugged. “Is there a need to make a public announcement? Probably not, but I don’t see a reason not to be truthful about it.”

Yavia