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[Pre-sim] An unplanned evening

Posted Jan. 31, 2019, 2:59 p.m. by Lieutenant Gavin Ryan "Coop" Cooper (Chief Helmsman) (Jerome Davis)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Erin Hazen (Science Officer) in [Pre-sim] An unplanned evening

Posted by Lieutenant Gavin Ryan “Coop” Cooper (Chief Helmsman) in [Pre-sim] An unplanned evening

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Erin Hazen (Science Officer) in [Pre-sim] An unplanned evening
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Erin laid on her bed. She had just walked in the door after her first day on board the Asimov and she hadn’t even bothered to change from her uniform. Heck, she hadn’t even taken her boots off, so as she tried to rest her body from the excitement of the day, her feet dangled from the bed, cautiously avoiding the blankets.

Between the shuttle ride from San Francisco and her required check-ins on board, it had been a very long day. The longest day Erin had had in a long time. However, whereas a normal person would want nothing more than a good night’s sleep, Erin’s brain was in overdrive.

Her heart raced with excitement with everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours. The science labs, her new post, and most of all… Gavin Cooper. The young helmsman had not left her mind after the two had parted ways at her door.

Erin didn’t know what to do with so much energy. She wanted to run around, jump, shout at anyone who would listen how great her day had been. But she also knew that would not be appropriate. Not to mention, she had a full work day ahead the next morning. Her first, real work day on board the Asimov. Erin was also painfully aware that she was not going to sleep any time soon.

Checking her chronometer, she wondered if she could call Molly and instead shout at her all the excitement that was threatening to burst from within her. If her math was right, Molly should have just gotten off duty. Leaving her bed and sitting at the terminal on her desk, she called her sister and waited. No reply. Early date with Alex, maybe? Erin wondered. Shrugging, she did what a teenager with a hard crush on someone would do, and pulled up Gavin’s file. His handsome face smiled at her from his profile picture. God he was cute. She giggled. Suddenly, a line caught her attention.

Quarters: 3-09

Erin stared at the letters on the screen for a while. What if she paid him a visit? Would that make her seem too eager? Too desperate for attention? Maybe she should leave him alone until their date Tuesday night… Make that tomorrow night, Beautiful. His words made their way into her mind. He seemed just as eager to see her as she was to see him… To hell with it.

Standing from her chair, Erin walked to the small bathroom and checked her hair in the mirror, deciding to redo her ponytail. She had just gotten off duty, but she didn’t need to look like it…

It didn’t take long for her to find her way to Gavin’s quarters. Her heart was racing more than ever, and she could hear its pounding in her ears. With a shaky finger, she forced herself to press the chime, afraid that if she stopped too long to think she would realize that she should have stayed in her quarters. She was tired. It was best if she didn’t put a lot of thought into her actions.

Erin

While not clear from the corridor as to the type, a very soft sound of music which had been slinking through the door came to an abrupt stop just after Erin pressed the chime. A few moments later, the door opened and before Erin in a faded green, loose-fitting Colorado State tank top and black gym shorts; stood a barefoot Gavin Cooper… his deep blue eyes glowing happily at the redhead’s surprised visit.

Erin smiled as Gavin came into view. Well, at least he upgraded his shirt… The thought crossed through her mind as her eyes swept him from head to toe.

Cooper’s quarters looked like a bomb had gone off, with piles of half empty boxes and crates around the main room, it was clear he been unpacking before taking a break to play for a bit… his guitar propped against the end of the couch.

“Hey Beautiful…” Coop said with a roguish smile. “… what brings you by?”

Coop

“Couldn’t sleep.” Erin said. Her cheeks turned a slight shade of pink. “Plus, being alone is not my thing. Thought I’d come by and pester you for a little while. If you don’t mind that is…” She peeked into his quarters. “Uh… I can also help you unpack… it looks like you might need a hand… did you carry a grenade in your stuff?” She winked. “Nice shirt. Better than USC. Although now I feel a little overdressed…” Erin said tugging at her uniform tunic.

Erin

“Hey now!” Gavin feigned hurt for a moment. “It ain’t /that/ bad!” With a chuckle, Coop smiled widely. “Of course you’re welcome, come on in.” Cooper walked ahead of Erin and went for a large, old looking cardboard box. Digging around for a minute, he pulled out a small ash grey George Washington University women’s t-shirt and a pair of dark blue sweatpants with the word ‘Colonials’ down the right leg in grey, capital block letters. “Little sister left these in San Fran the last time she came to visit… never got in any hurry to get them back to’er. If ya want to slip into something a bit more comfortable, Dani always seemed fond of em, but hell… she’s got a ton.” He tossed the set to Erin before adding. “And no… no one else has ever wore them!” He laughed. “Hell… I just realized I still had em this afternoon when I started unpacking.”

Erin followed Gavin inside his quarters, looking around as he spoke.

Catching the clothes in mid-air as they came to her hands, Erin smiled. “I wasn’t going to ask, but I’m glad to know that they only belonged to your sister.” She said with a playful smile. “I’m going to go put them on then. I’ll be right back.” She looked around as she searched for the bathroom.

With that, Coop walked back over and sat on the couch, pulling up the guitar and began playing a beautiful, soft song… one Erin recognized at once but couldn’t place.

Coop

The soft guitar tune made its way to Erin’s ears as she walked into the small bathroom. His quarters were way bigger than hers, though. The prerogative of being on a department head-ish post. When she came out, her own uniform folded on her hands as the clothes fitted her just fine, Erin leaned against the bulkhead watching him play. She hummed the tune softly as she went. It was something she had heard a before but she wasn’t sure where.

Erin

As Erin walked out, Coop literally missed an entire set of cords… resulting in an awkward sounding series of notes before the blushing young officer greeted her return. “Wow… I’ve heard of dressing up making one stand out, but I’ve never seen a woman dress down and become an even bigger stunner.” His blush grew bright for a moment as he looked away then came back with a wider smile. “Any requests Beautiful?”

Coop

“Oh?” Erin’s cheeks blushed slightly at the compliment. It’s not that she wasn’t used to being complimented… it’s just that she wasn’t used to those kind of compliments. The ones she was accustomed to get were usually more… carnal… in nature, and many times not the politest.

Placing her folded uniform on the closest arm of the couch, she sat next to Gavin. “Ah… I wouldn’t know what you know or don’t know how to play…” She said embarrassed. The truth was, she had never listened to a lot of acoustic guitar to know exactly what songs were the most popular or which ones she would like the most. “Also… I don’t know a lot of typical acoustic guitar songs… so… why don’t you surprise me? What would you play if you wanted to make a girl fall in love with a guy?” Her green eyes stared deeply into his blue ones, only to every once in a while glance down at his lips.

Erin

At Erin’s request, Cooper took but a moment to process just the perfect song for the moment… one he could play and sing. He could barely take his eyes off hers and when he did, they dropped to her supple lips and he unconsciously bit his own as he remembered their sweet taste and the soft sounds Erin made pinned to the wall outside her quarters. Snapping back to the here and now, Cooper looked once more into the glow green eyes before closing his and starting to play.

The cords were perfect, a husky smooth intro to what Erin would immediately recognize as the old earth song “More than words”. Just as he finished the intro, a polished whiskey warm voice rose from Gavin as he sang the song… in perfect tone and pitch… just for her.

“Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It’s not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn’t have to say that you love me
‘Cause I’d already know”

Cooper sang the song all the way through to the end and asked softly after setting his guitar to the side… “So, how was that?”… with a flirty smile.

Coop

Slowly, Erin leaned forward, her lips meeting his in a slow soft kiss. Smiling as she pulled away only an inch or two, she said in a soft tone. “You told me you could carry a tune… You never mentioned you could actually sing.”

Erin

As the last word left her lips, without a word of his own, Gavin slipped the fingers of his hand behind Erin’s head and drew her in for a deep, passionate kiss. The kind of kiss that made their kiss in the hall early that day nothing more than a peck. When the kiss was (finally) broken, Coop left the same inch or two between them and asked softly. “Does it really matter?” His blue eyes shined mischievously.

Coop


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