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Side sim: The Follow-Up

Posted Jan. 30, 2023, 9:55 p.m. by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) (Jennifer Ward)

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: The Follow-Up

Posted by Ensign Rand Farquharson (Yeoman First Class) in Side sim: The Follow-Up

Posted by Commander Roman Alden (First Officer & Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: The Follow-Up
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It was a long slow morning, spent in each other’s arms, that stretched pleasantly into the early afternoon. Rand was snuggled up against Roman, head on his shoulder and an arm wrapped around him. They were relaxed back against the pillows watching another The Librarian movie and discussing whether to get food early or wait awhile.

There was a soft knock at the door and when they answered it was Randy. He relaxed a little when he saw Roman was awake. “When neither of you paged me I was worried the tranquilizer I gave you was too strong and you were still asleep.”

Rand

For Roman it had been a long, slow, relaxing morning. A nice change after the recent stress. He was cuddled into Rand, an arm around her and holding her hand with his other one as they watched the movie. When Randy opened the door, he tensed a little under Rand, but still seemed calm. “No, no. It was fine. We were just… Carried away with something else.” Kissing. They were carried away kissing. Roman preferred that. He just didn’t want to know.

~ Roman

Randy’s brows went up, he could only imagine…no he did not want to imagine what they were carried away with. But just because he could, in his sweetest most endearing big brother voice, “Rand, did you get anymore rest after last night?” He looked at Roman, “She said the meds didn’t work last night. She didn’t get the full dose. I’d like to check the hypo and make sure it’s working correctly.” Then he looked back at Rand, “You look like you feel better. You must have gotten rest, yeah?”

He was teasing her, he knew she had not been sleeping. Rand buried her face in Roman’s shoulder and groaned.

Rand

Roman nodded, opened the bedside drawer, and passed Randy the hypo. “I know she didn’t. She had dreams.” When Rand hid her face against him, Roman hugged her and grinned. “It was relaxing, at least.”

~ Roman

Randy grinned, “Relaxing is good,” and gave a very playfully mock worried look. Which was lost on Rand because she still had her face hidden against Roman. “Rand? Are you that tired? Relaxing is good, but if you are worried to sleep I can give you an booster, so you can sleep. It will keep the dreams away.” Oh he was serious about the booster, but he knew she wasn’t tired. While he talked, Randy checked over the hypo to make sure it was working properly and that the tip wasn’t clogged. It was as he expected, Rand had just missed, the hypo was fine. He handed it back to Roman.

Rand was not going to tell Randy she would rather Roman’s kisses to the meds. There were just some things she didn’t want to discuss with him. The small negative shake of Rand’s head was not lost on Randy. He grinned wider. “Unless of course Roman is better at that than your meds.” Rand pressed so tight into Roman her head might have merged into his shoulder and the tips of her ears flushed pink. Randy grinned wider but didn’t laugh when she muttered something about him leaving.

Rand

Roman hugged her, rubbing her back gently, but he was grinning like Randy. Him being better than a booster was an ego boost he quite enjoyed. He glanced down at her when she muttered about Randy leaving, “Come on, he’s seen us kiss before, it’s no big deal, is it?” He was teasing her too.

~ Roman

Now that was the opening Randy needed, “Oh! Is that what you were doing? More snogging. I swear.” Rand groaned, no, no that was not fair. They were both picking on her now. She made some comment about going to get food but only made a half serious effort to get up. Roman’s hand on her back was too soothing. “Oh, good, you haven’t talked to Elbbirt then. You two would be doin’ more than snogging. Let’s keep it that way.” And he shook an admonishing finger at them both. “Yes yes, go get food Rand. Away from him, come on.” Randy was trying so hard not to laugh his eyes were watering.

Randy

“We would? Why?” Roman couldn’t help but ask and then immediately regret because he didn’t want to know. He held on to Rand instead. So much for going to get food, now she was held against him with an iron grip. He managed another grin at Randy. “Away from me? I think she’s perfectly comfortable right there.”

~ Roman

Randy’s eyes widened, “Well, yes of course…” Randy looked at Roman wide eyed like Roman had almost tricked him into telling a huge secret. “Oh no I am not telling you. You snog my sister enough. Nope.” Rand knew exactly what Randy was up to. Was Roman really okay? He could go back to work and his martial arts and everything? Rand wanted to ask, but she was afraid she was wrong.

Rand squeaked quietly, more like an ‘eep’ as he hugged her tighter. She really wasn’t brave enough to get up and walk past them while they were teasing her anyway. She liked him keeping her close though. A reason not to talk to Randy. Randy wasn’t done though. “A bit too comfortable if you ask me. Come on Rand, let’s go. As your big brother I must look out for you.”

Randy

Roman seemed a little stressed. He did not respond to Randy’s teasing him. He did, however, respond to Randy’s teasing Rand. He wrapped his arms around her, making sure to show off his ring. “If anything, I think I’ll have to protect her from you.” He smiled up at Randy.

~ Roman

Randy grinned, “Noooo....Rand? You need protection from me?” Rand laughed very softly. The banter between them made her happy, until they decided to tease her. Then she got nervous. She tightened her arm around Roman. She wasn’t going anywhere. Randy put two hands to his chest. “Oh…Rand…the English over me? I’m wounded.” He cackled the whole way to the door. “I’ll let Elbbirt know yer both awake.” And Randy left.

Randy

Roman liked when she tightened her arm around him. He kept his arm firmly around her and grinned at Randy at his statement. “She has a thing for us English.” Then he tensed, stressed when Randy said he was going to go tell Elbbirt they were awake. He tried to play it off. He looked down to Rand, “Let’s hurry and pretend to be asleep.”

~ Roman

Roman wasn’t the only one who tensed over it. Rand was worried too. She shouldn’t be, Randy said it was good news. She had to do better than this. She had to be the calm one for Roman. She pretended to snore anyway hoping it would make him laugh. Then she looked up at him, moving around a little to sit back up some and gave him a teasing look before she kissed him again. It was a loving kiss that wasn’t long enough. “Randy said it was good news. It’ll be okay.” And she kissed him again.

Rand

Roman smiled but did not laugh. He looked down at her, still grinning, “Perfect.” Then she sat up and he knew what that look meant. He held her close as they kissed and it ended all too soon. He didn’t have the chance to respond to what she said because before he could, she was kissing him again and whatever he was going to say didn’t matter anymore.

~ Roman

Rand decided that kissing was better than thinking about it. That worked great for about an hour when Randy knocked on the door again. He didn’t come in until they let him, but once he did he just stood at the door. “Alright come on. Both of you up.”

Randy

Roman tucked himself further into Rand as if playfully hiding from Randy. He didn’t want to get up from Rand and he didn’t want to face Elbbirt. “Up? Now? What if we need a little more kissing time?”

~ Roman

Randy laughed, “You’re grown adults. You’re engaged, you have the rest of your lives right make up for it. Come on.” Randy was taking no flack about it. “Conference room, come on.”

Rand looked up at Roman, a d decided she would have to move first. She was kinda draped over him. More than that he wouldn’t go if she didn’t. She looked disappointed but she got up because she knew Randy wasn’t going to let them out of it.

Randy

It took Roman several moments after Rand to get moving. He didn’t want to go. Eventually though he dragged himself out of bed and ran his fingers through his hair. He was dragging feet intentionally, not wanting to go.

~ Roman

Rand was dragging her feet too. Taking far too much time to put her shoes on. Randy finally got impatient. “Okay look, neither of you want to do this, but I am going to tell you both what I always tell Rand. Information is good, it helps you make decisions. Talking and listening isn’t forcing you to do anything. Listening won’t hurt, just inform.” He was fighting really hard to not tell them to both grow up. “It’s the conference room, not sickbay. Elbbirt and I are riled of having to come in here to talk while you two are....snogging.” Randy chose that to saying they were hiding in bed like 2 year old.

Randy

Roman did not want to be informed. He didn’t have the words to describe it but the information itself stressed him out and he was avoiding it. When Rand was finished putting shoes on Roman grabbed her hand and squeezed. He was ready, just not wanting to go.

~ Roman

Randy led them to rhe conference room where Elbbirt was sitting. Randy had gotten everyone their preferred drink. Elbbirt barely waited for them to sit. He swore they looked like he was going to execute them.

His heart had healed well, his heart’s rhythm had remained steady and normal even when he had started to stress. But the permanent damage that had been noted when it happened six months ago, was still there, along the heart’s left ventricle. The remaining functional muscle compensated for the damaged portion. He would need to keep the rescue hypo, and keep paying attention to how he felt to avoid causing a problem, though he should be okay for duty and his martial arts. However he would be more prone to heart problems and he should have it checked regularly - during his yearly physicals world be fine.

There was also the possibility that compensating for the damaged part would cause the functional part to fail - in which case he would need a replacement heart. It was a worry for sometime in the future, if symptoms of such a thing began to show themselves. If he had any heart symptoms in the future, they needed to be reported to Sickbay or his doctor, right away. For now, he shouldn’t have any issues continuing to serve nor should there be restrictions on his duties or positions. That could always be re-evaluated should his condition change, which if Roman looked after himself and paid attention to his body, he could lessen the odds of that happening.

“So good news. Your heart is healed, no extra appointments. Randy will make sure your rescue hypo stays current and stocked. You can return to full duty, and your martial arts, and any other activities. Just listen to your body so you don’t end up in sickbay again with worse. Yes, you know how to do that? Both of you? Your hearts, Rand’s head. If you can’t do that for each other, you can watch out for each other?”

Then =O=Cmdr Alden to the biology lab.=C=

Elbbirt sighed, at least he got it all out first.

Elbbirt


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