Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Unexpected Happenings

Posted by Major General Charles Tenkiller (Vice-Commander, Colonial Customs and Defense Agency) in Unexpected Happenings

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Unexpected Happenings
Sharah waited for the shuttle to leave and then stepped through the door, closingbit softly behind her. The first thing she did, every time she walked in, was greet Hope. Fingers on her leaves or in the soil and just listen.

Silence

There was nothing. Sharah’s brow furloughed slightly, contemplating. She didn’t need to hear her to know the tree was healthy though.

There was no sense of presence for Charles or Yavia. Were they home? Oh it was so … odd. She moved toward the kitchen, the box tucked under her arm. She glanced toward the den and the door beyond and then the stairs. The silence was suddenly eerie. And she missed the immediate connection of feeling them nearby. It wasn’t gone forever, it was just the headband, but it was…well now she was noticing how it would change things.

“I’m home!”

Sharah

“Down here, hun!” Charles yelled from down the stairs.

Sharah smiled, and let out a breath at the sound of his voice. She moved down the stairs and paused in the doorway.

He was sprawled out on the bed in a pair of shorts reading. He looked up at her and smiled. “Hey, beautiful. How was your date?” he asked with a cheeky grin.

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The sight of him just felt good, and it had nothing to do with his shirtless state, though that was a bonus. She waited for that familiar warm sense of…belonging, affection, but it didn’t come. That was going to take some getting used to. “It was unexpected…” Sharah chewed her lip and looked around, “Ummm…where’s Yavia? Is…is she home?”

Sharah

Charles immediately set the book aside and was by her side in flash. “Sharah, are you ok?” he asked as he guided her to the bed to sit down. “What do you mean, is she home? Don’t you know?”

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