I Will Follow You into the Dark (chapter 1)
Author's Note: This is my third and final installment to my Icheb and Q Songfic series. Therefore, I'll be closing up the loose ends in a few chapters. The story picks up three years in the future, when Icheb is leaving the Academy. There are still spoilers for the Star Trek: Voyager pocket book series, so be warned. Also, the song lyrics for "I Will Follow You into the Dark" (By. Death Cab For Cutie) are in italics. BTW, sorry it's so short.
Here are the links to my previous two:
Decode .net/s/5234823/1/bDecode_b
Angel .net/s/5481997/1/Angel
Enjoy!
"Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark"
It was official- Icheb was officially posted on the science vessel Edison. His posting- Astrometrics. If fact, he was the lead stellar cartographer, and he was a mere Ensign. He was straight from the academy. If not for the fact that it was a brand new ship, and he was as brilliant (or more brilliant) then the superior officers considered for the post, he would never have had such a prestigious posting so soon.
He was incredibly thankful to be getting back into space. Though he had spent the past four years on Earth, he had spent the majority of his life in space. It was going to be a major relief when he returned there. There was something about being on solid ground and away from the hum of the warp engine that made him uneasy.
Q watched what of San Francisco he could see from space, namely the shipyard. He knew that three new vessels were almost complete. I wonder if Ichy will ever be on one of those. He knew full well that some Starfleet officers enlisted, and never served aboard any vessel OR space station. However, he also knew that his lover was brilliant. It would be a complete waste to place him anywhere else. And when they did put him on a vessel, he would be watching, and he would follow him into the dark abyss that they called space.