Posted Jan. 25, 2021, 11:35 a.m. by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) (Lindsay B)
Posted by Lieutenant Luke Wyatt (Chief of Security) in Computer Science Lab 2- Post Party
Posted by Lieutenant Faye Calloway (Mission Specialist) in Computer Science Lab 2- Post Party
Posted by Lieutenant Luke Wyatt (Chief of Security) in Computer Science Lab 2- Post Party
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Now that took him by surprise, Faye Calloway nervous? He thought, ok things were getting a bit weird. “I didn’t expect to hear that” He said honestly, “And like you said this is just casual, no long term solution here, so Baggage? What Baggage? We all have it so let’s leave it at the door I mean unless you really want to talk about it. Im a surprisingly good listener when I want to be. Maybe that would help.” He then added, “I’m nervous too.” Luke hadn’t had so much as a romantic interest since his wife, and the small brief spark with Zef didn’t count because well they certainly never went this far. It was a genuine shock that the person to make him feel himself again, this way would be the person he couldn’t stand when he first joined the ship.
- Luke Wyatt
He didn’t know? No, he didn’t. She shouldn’t be that surprised. It was an obscure tidbit that she wasn’t sure had actually made it to the Manhattan. She could simply let it be, but it felt important, like a piece of disclosure in case something shifted and she was no longer able to see this through. Faye took a calming breath in and out, gazing at the opposite side of the lift. “Well, it’s tied to my imprisonment with the Romulans. While I was on my assignment I got involved with someone who I probably shouldn’t have, and unbeknownst to me he was being coerced by the Tal Shiar to target me. After I escaped, he and a couple other friends came to help sort out a situation involving extradition and he abducted me in an attempt to drag me back to Romulan space.” Faye turned her head to look at Luke. “I was barely alive and had just survived a very risky brain surgery. In the end it was proven that he was the one involved in my being captured in the first place and, not unexpected under the circumstances, he took his life. And I loved him, Luke. Even at the end I could be angry with him but I couldn’t quite hate him. He was put in a terrible position and his family would have suffered for his inaction. Nevol is the reason I’m not ready for a relationship. All of mine have been inherently unhealthy and I’m not interested in repeating that particular pattern. Sooo, yeah, I don’t use the phrase baggage lightly.”
~Faye Calloway
“I think you’ve recreated the term ‘baggage’” Luke said trying to lighten the mood, “I find myself apologising a lot for other peoples actions that I have never met or know until not but Im sorry that happened to you.” He paused thinking carefully about what she had said, processing it as images of his own traumas surfaced she wasn’t lying when whatever he had dealt with was only the tip of the iceberg compared to her own and to her friends.
She shook her head. “I appreciate it, but it’s not something you have to be sorry for. As friends keep reminding me recently, all these things have made me who I am, and despite everything and my own interference on the matter, I like who I am now. I’m not sure exactly who this Faye Calloway is, but I like her and that most definitely was not always true.”
“Well, I can assure you that I don’t plan on kidnapping you,” I cant promise that we won’t fall in love and this all turn out to be an awful mess but I’ll try my damned best he finished the latter only in his mind to be locked away and never spoke out load, likely ever. “Were here!” he said the doors opening he waited for Faye to step out before following along behind her. Luckily for them both, his quarters was just a short distance from the life itself.
- Luke Wyatt
Moving with ease out of the turbolift, Faye took a meandering pace, letting him lead the way. She had to admit that she was rather curious what his space looked like. That and she knew that there were only a few things guaranteed to stop her mind from working so hard and she was very much looking forward to this particular one. “I’m a lot to handle, Luke. You sure about this?” she said, casting a teasing grin his way as they came to his door.
~Faye Calloway
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