Deanna walked into the empty Ten Forward, eyes adjusting to the lighting. Though usually low-lit and intimate, the room was even dimmer than usual. She squinted, eyes searching the shadowy expanse until they fell upon Will Riker's tall form, leaning lazily against a table in a corner of the room.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?"
Troi rolled her eyes and giggled. "Only you could pull off such an awful line."
Impatient to be near him, Troi quickly strode across the room, stopping in front of him expectantly. Will pulled her gently into an embrace.
"Deanna, Imzadi" he murmured against her hair, and Troi closed her eyes, completely at ease for the first time in a week. She tilted her head to look up at him, taking in his handsome face. His beautiful blue eyes, his perfectly formed lips. She ruffled his hair playfully, just like she used to on Betazed when she wanted to embarrass him in front of his senior officers. He smiled down at her.
Troi frowned. Apparently the hologram couldn't quite approximate his exact smile—the wrinkles around his eyes, the playful quirk of his lips. This shouldn't have annoyed her so much, but in light today's stress, it only served to remind her of how truly unattainable this fantasy is. How unattainable William T. Riker is.
Kind Will. Funny Will. Confident Will. Will who had made a career out of helping others, being a hero. Will who couldn't ignore a woman in need. Or any woman, for that matter.
Shisoru was the latest fling. The Enterprise had picked up her distress signal near the Deneb system, and was happy to host the captain and her crew until they reached the closest Federation space station. She and Will clicked instantly. Troi could only assume he was drawn to her power and position. He'd always liked accomplished women. Someone with similar ambitions.
Troi wanted to be supportive of him, truly. After all, Will never said a word about her little dalliances during Enterprise's ongoing mission. Of course, she'd only had them to make him jealous. Apparently he felt no attachment whatsoever. Admitting that fact after a week of watching the two become increasingly more intimate was like a phaser blast to the stomach.
She bitterly recalled the trite advice she'd given over the years to various heartbroken crewmen who came to her for counselling. Things like "pursue other hobbies and recreations," "meditate daily," "spend time with friends," or the incomprehensible "date yourself".
This wasn't some Academy crush that could be forgotten with chocolate ice cream and a good cry. She needed real relief.
Troi's instincts told her that this…method of coping was not healthy. Not to mention hypocritical after her outrage at Barclay's holodeck fantasies about her. But another more base part of herself insisted that this was necessary. And so on a Friday night, just after enduring hours of Will gushing about the oh, so competent Captain Shisoru on the bridge, Troi feverishly drafted this romantic program to play during her recreational time. It was nothing too intense, really. All she wanted was for Will to cuddle up to her, kiss her, comfort her. She wanted what Will was surely doing for Shisoru.
Troi shook her head, trying to dispel thoughts of that. The hologram Will looked at her with a concerned expression. "Something wrong, babe?"
Struck with an idea, Troi pushed away from him, stepping backwards a few paces. "Yeah, there is. But maybe you can distract me for a bit. That is, if you can catch me first!"
Abruptly, she broke off into a run toward Guinan's empty bar. Catching on, Will chased after her sporting a mischievous grin that sent a thrill down Troi's spine. That's more like it, she thought.
He quickly caught her before she could sprint behind the bar, hauling her toward a nearby chair. Sitting down, he pulled her onto his lap. Troi continued to playfully resist, squirming and pushing against his chest. Will wrangled both her wrists together and immobilized them in one large fist. With his other hand, he pretended to twirl his moustache evilly, earning a laugh from Troi.
"Since I have you here, how about a kiss?" he murmured, tipping her chin up to meet his lips. Troi smiled impishly and jerked her face away, continuing her game. His lips met her throat instead, and she felt him smirk against her.
His hand slowly trailed up her back, finally smoothing against her long, dark hair. She sighed, relaxing into his touch, until she felt him grab a fistful and yank her head towards him again. He fixed her with an intense stare, more sentient and knowing than she'd ever seen on a hologram before. His grin, previously playful and mischievous, now took on an almost feral appearance.
"I said," His hand tightened cruelly around her hair."How about a kiss?"
Troi gasped. This was nothing like what she had programmed. Why was the hologram acting like this?
The holographic Will took advantage of Troi's parted lips to kiss her deeply, running his tongue across her bottom lip, then biting it gently.
"Computer, freeze program" Troi rasped against Will's lips, barely able make a sound. Instantly, Will stopped mid-kiss, unable to move.
Troi wrenched her hands from the hologram's grip, clutching her rapidly-beating heart. She studied his face suspiciously while she took a moment to recover from what had just happened. His face, though frozen with the rest of the program, still seemed animated. His eyes blazed, and his muscles seemed taut with restrained power. He appeared to be buzzing with life, or something like it. Or maybe Troi was just imagining it to scare herself. Either way, it was unsettling. She had never seen Will make such an expression before.
As for Troi—her thighs shifted in the immobilized Will's lap—she had never reacted so…instantaneously to a man's ministrations before. His fist was still in her hair, and she gently untangled it. Her scalp and the back of her neck prickled after she freed herself from his fingers.
"Computer," Troi hesitated for a moment. "Save program."
We'll get to Lore, just you wait :)
I wrote my first fanfiction about a year ago, then abruptly stopped because it felt like such a frivolous thing. With everything that's going on in the world right now, maybe we all deserve a little frivolity. Therefore, kinky android sex. If you'd like to see more, feel free to let me know in a review. This chapter was somewhat rushed because I wanted to quickly begin drafting the second chapter, which will be more thoughtfully written. Stay tuned!