BUSY WORK

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SUMMARY: Trip and T'pol's relationship after "Bound", the rest of the season did not happen because well it was just way too harsh.

"Guess we got a lot of work to do."

As he walked away she thought about these words and their implications. Her mind flooded with thoughts on how good his lips felt against hers. In the seconds of that kiss she had felt more alive than she had in months.. The kiss had left her desiring more but she was uncertain what she wanted more of. For the rest of the walk back to her quarters she pondered the possibility of continuing their physical relationship. Closing her eyes for a moment, she was still able to smell him. She had noticed in the beginning that, out of all the humans aboard, the Commanders smell was the only one that she never found off putting. During the neuro-pressure sessions his smell would linger in her room, she became almost accustomed to it. After they mated she found the lasting smell so distracting she had to sanitize her whole room. She was so wrapped up in thought she jumped a little when an ensign greeted her...

Trip had been so busy with repairs and the logistics of filing what seemed like endless reports to Starfleet about the encounter with the Orion's and his transfer back to Enterprise, that he hadn't had time to talk to T'pol other then updates on his progress. He did his best not to think about her, partly because he had no time for distractions but mostly due to the bond. He was still unclear on what exactly triggered it and thought this was defiantly not the time for experimentation. "EXPERIMENT. For a long time any mention of that word would cause a slight ping in his chest. But things were different now, she was different. That kiss, telling him she wanted him to come back, a month ago that would have never happened. He thought to himself about what changed. Maybe she realized that this thing was real, that they had a connection. But had she really changed. She had not actually said anything about renewing their romantic relationship. He wasn't even sure if what they had was ever "romantic". What if the kiss was just a way to get him to come back. It made sense, the only reason she kissed him before was when she thought she would lose him to Amanda. A way to mark him as hers. As soon as the threat was gone so was the physical aspect of their relationship. The kiss at the wedding was just her way of saying good bye. The only thing he was sure of was that they both were connected. It was more than this bond thing, they needed one another. Trip just wished he knew why.

..CRACK...

"DAMNIT"

He had been so distracted he had broke a front panel resulting in a minor but painful burn. Exactly what he had been trying to avoid.

****Rewrote parts of chapters after getting some feedback. Would love more reviews. If you find any mistakes please let me know.***