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Quarters: Captain

Posted Jan. 23, 2021, 12:13 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Zef Rollo (Counselor) (D Grisham)

Posted by Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in Quarters: Captain
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He leaned forward and said “I’m not asking you to move in with me or expressing my eternal love for you, Zef. But I am saying that I, personally, see at least the potential for us to move forward from this point. And trying to keep things hidden could jeopardize something… well maybe… very special. That’s all. If you are more comfortable keeping things quiet, I will absolutely respect that and nothing changes. I certainly don’t want to lose what we have… but I don’t want us to lose out on what could be by hiding and stressing about if people know or not.” and he set his hand on hers.

She hadn’t expected to be faced with the current decision this early in their relationship—if ever. Now, Alex wanted them to be a normal couple who were dating out in the open, so the crew and other officers could see them together AS lovers—for the time being.

“Besides… what man wouldn’t be strutting around like an idiot knowing he was dating one of the most intelligent and beautiful women in Star Fleet?” and he grinned at her and gave her a wink.

Alex

He was so charming. The wink was undeniably endearing and she found herself smiling down at him. “Okay. So we aren’t going to sneak around—that will make seeing each other easier. So we are professional in uniform and lovers out of uniform, all the time?” She felt a little unsure of the rules.

—Zef

He watched her face, the small microexpression he was learning the more time he spent with her. Sensing her hesitation, his hands slipped to her hips and he gently pulled her towards him so she was sitting with one leg over his bare form. “Outside of work we are simply what we want to be… without worrying about anything else. You and I decide together what we are… and let the wagging tongues wag.” and his hand began tracing the inside of her thigh again.

He again smiled up at her and said “Unless you are embarrassed to be seen with me in public, of course.” and another wink followed.

Alex

Well, there was certainly room to make a mistake going forward, but she really liked being with him and he was the one relaxing the guidelines they’d made in the beginning. “I would never be embarrassed being seen with you, Alex.” Although he’d been teasing, she wanted to make sure he knew how she felt.

Head tipping to the side, Zef chewed her bottom lip as she thought how to answer him. “Alright then, we are no longer a secret.” She leaned over his shoulder so their faces were only millimeters apart, and stroked her thumb across his lips. “Our relationship won’t keep me from being assigned to away teams, will it?”

—Zef

An eyebrow arching in mock disapproval accompanied a slight upturn of the corner of his mouth. “Do you honestly think I would keep you from a mission if your presence was needed? Really, Counselor, you know as well as I do that in that circumstance the mission must come first.” and he smiled and leaned so close that as he whispered, his lips brushed against hers.

“But you will, of course, need to earn such a prestigious assignment… think you can do that?” he asked with a smile as he pressed his lips to hers.

Alex

“Hmmm…what could I possibly do to impress you with my talents enough so you’ll know I’m prepared for anything you might assign to me?” Her thoughtful look was exaggerated as she pretended to concentrate. Then she snapped her fingers and smiled. “Oh, I know!” Zef winked before she bent to the task and let her body do the convincing.

—Zef

It was hours later when conversation resumed. Alex lay on the floor of the living room, the small throw from the couch under his head and Zef’s head on his chest. He had to increase the temperature in the room to accommodate their lack of coverings, but finally they were at an at least brief stopping point.

“So that was spectacular.” he said as he stared at the ceiling. He waved his arm in the general direction of the room and said loudly “Commendations all around!” and laughed and pulled her closer to him.

Alex

Zef raised her head to kiss the pad of his shoulder and then cuddled in once again. “You know, if we keep this up with any regularity I’ll be able to give up my morning running routine. I know I’ve burned more calories in the last few hours than by jogging a few, silly miles.”

She patted Alex’ stomach with one hand. “And how, may I ask, do you keep yourself in such good shape? Or do you have a harem here on the Manhattan?”

—Zef


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