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Side Sim: After Leaving the Likable Hornet

Posted Sept. 5, 2020, 8:50 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) (Matt Evans)

Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in Side Sim: After Leaving the Likable Hornet

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: After Leaving the Likable Hornet

Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in Side Sim: After Leaving the Likable Hornet
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Achilleas reached a hand to slowly rub the back of Ria’s neck. He didn’t really understand her actions but just figured she wanted to be close again, which was perfectly fine with him. The glow and contentment from the previous night was making him especially cuddly so to enjoy waking up with his body close against hers was the best experience he’s had.

It was then that the alarm sound began to play and instead of the typical abrasive sounds usually used in alarms, his alarm was the sound of the ocean waves hitting upon something and the sound of creaking wood. One could easily imagine that it was a sailboat moving through bright green water and the creak of the main mast as the sails shift in the wind.

CSO Petrakos

With a soft sigh Ria said, “We should probably get ready for duty.” She would’ve liked more time to just be together and talk, maybe even about what they liked about last night and how they felt about everything. But that would have to wait unless they wanted to get in trouble with the Captain and First Officer after all. Yet she didn’t actually make any move to get up and ready for work.

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

Achilleas didn’t make any move to get up either. The alarm gave them a little bit of time to get motivated, but his motivation was just to lay in bed and enjoy their first morning together. He sighed before continuing in a subdued voice, “We should get up and to work. I don’t want to abuse the Captain’s understanding nature the first day. Though I’d like for the next time you stayed overnight to be when we had the following day off. I think the chance to wake up like this, nap a little bit, have a relaxing shower, and a nice lazy morning with tea and breakfast sounds perfect.”

CSO Petrakos

“It does,” Ria replied with a tender smile before kissing Achilleas deeply once again. With a reluctant sigh she then sat up and said, “I don’t know about you, but I should get into the shower. Though just a quick sonic one or I’ll never be ready in time for my shift as trying to dry my hair takes way too long.” Knowing that if she didn’t move right away, she’d never bring herself to get up and stop snuggling with Achilleas, she slipped out of bed and into the washroom.

Stepping out of the washroom again, Ria zipped up her uniform jacket and walked over to the dining table, picking up her boots, brush and the hair ribbon along the way. While the boots weren’t standard regulation, she hoped no one would notice and that for one day she’d get away with wearing the wrong foot wear. They were blank and ankle high after all. Just the heel was a bit higher and they were closed with shoe laces. But before she put on her boots, she quickly brushed her long hair, or as quickly as possible, and then braided it with deft fingers at a probably impressive speed. She then slipped into her boots and tied them before returning her full attention to Achilleas again.

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

Achilleas moved over to the replicator to order himself and her some breakfast tea before bringing them back to the living room table. “I know we don’t have time for breakfast, so I hope some tea will do well enough.” He was amazed at how quickly she braided her hair. He had barely sipped at his tea a couple of times before she was done. “My sisters had taught me all sorts of different hair braiding techniques and my hands are pretty quick at it, but you’re a lot faster with it than I.” He smiled at her from his seat on the couch. “Are you going to need to go back to your quarters before heading to the lab?”

CSO Petrakos

“I’ve been braiding my hair myself most of my life now. Eventually you’re prone to get fast,” Ria replied with a soft chuckle before taking a sip of her own tea. Shaking her head, she replied, “Not necessarily. As long as you think I won’t get in trouble with the Chief Science Officer for wearing the wrong boots?” She winked at him and stretched out one of her legs, wiggling her boot-clad foot a little, before continuing more seriously, “Though the more important question is: Do we want to go to the lab together? Or should we go separately?”

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

“Together.” Achilleas replied instantly. He realized that the suddenness of his answer might seem rushed, so he took a breath before continuing, “We have permission from the Captain and the Commander knows after last night as well. There may be some dissatisfaction by some of the staff, but we have no reason to hide it. Better I think to be upfront with it and honest. This way any potential conflict is resolved early on and people won’t think that we’re hiding anything or ashamed of being together. I don’t plan to overtly give you my affection in public but I want to be proud of being together with you no matter where I am.” He smiled before holding a hand out to her. “We might have to deal with more stuff in the beginning this way, but I’d go through much worse to let the universe know that my heart is yours.”

CSO Petrakos

Ria reached for his hand and smiled at him. While she was incredibly nervous about what their fellow officers might say and think, she also knew that he was right. “Together it is then,” she said softly and took a deep breath. Putting her empty cup down, she rose to her feet and continued, “And we should better get going.” Though she didn’t make any further attempt to actually leave his quarters and head towards the labs. She suddenly found herself too nervous and anxious to move and hoped that Achilleas would take the lead so that they wouldn’t be late after all.

~Ensign Iyun, Scientist

Likewise setting his teacup down, Achilleas rose from the couch and stretched his arms and shoulders. He’d need to hit the gym more and get a decent exercise routine going to keep up with the amount activity he was expecting them doing with them now being a couple. He walked up next to Ria and took her hand in his with a reassuring smile for her before leading them out of his quarters and on the way to work. Little did they know that what awaited them on this particular shift was a bit of insanity that would sweep up the entire Starbase. It would be an interesting and particularly mortifying way for their relationship to be revealed to the science staff.

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