A Captain and His Commander: Chapter One
Author's Note:
This is my first work of fanfiction, please be gentle and I hope you enjoy the story. This fic was requested indirectly by im-an-owl-i-will-hoot post/66283559295/j-c-shippy-rant-maybe-i-should-lo ok-into. Hope you enjoy it! This story takes place at a formal get together for the upcoming mission for the starship, Eureka.
Disclaimer: The Voyager Crew Does Not Belong to Me
Chapter One:
A young commander enters the ballroom in her crisp white Starfleet dress uniform. She was filled with excitement and anticipation as the day grew closer and closer to the day that she would be boarding the new starship, Eureka. She had laughed at the name at first, but after some thought she quickly realized that it was the perfect name for their ship. For it was their mission, to "discover" all that the delta quadrant had to offer to the future of the Federation.
She liked when she had said "their" ship, for she was the first in command to Captain Owen Parris. The two of them had known each other since childhood and had quickly formed a bond. Their parents had served together for many years and they were practically family. She couldn't quite remember when her feelings of friendship had decided to take a turn for something more serious. Maybe it was his strong stubborn leadership style and his ability to solve almost any problem. Or maybe it was his carefree flyboy attitude that could be seen but only to those who were closes to him. Either way she knew that she yearned for something more than just friendship.
Little did she know that Captain Owen Parris felt the exact same way that she did about him. How could he not. Kiernan was a stunningly beautiful as she was brave. She had long flowing red hair that fell about her shoulders when she wore it down. But tonight she wore it in a high military bun just like her mother had taught her. He remembered her growing up, a tall lanky thing, always messing up her dresses and scraping her knees. She could keep up and do anything that any of the boys could do. She was full of life and sassy to beat the band. She had a love for all things, especially the world around her. So many qualities she had received from her parents. Owen remembered going over for dinners as a young ensign after he and Kiernan had just finished the academy. Dinner was replicated of course since Kiernan's parents were both, as they liked to put it, "replicator people." But he so enjoyed hearing about their life together, what his parents were like when they first met, and most of all he loved hearing about Kiernan as a child and just how much her parents loved and treasured her. For him that was the moment that he fell in love with her. He knew right then and there that he would love her just as much as her parents, maybe more, or he would die trying. Tonight was going to be a night neither one of them would forget.
While Owen was waiting with such anticipation and joy to see his love, Tonight, Kiernan knew that she would have to face the fact that given their new roles and circumstances that they could not be together. For a captain's duty first and for most it to take care of the ship and his crew. There would not be any place or time for them to act upon their feelings.
Kiernan looked around the room with anticipation and an awful pang of sadness in her gut. It was then when she saw Owen that all of her feelings melted away and she put aside her anxieties for a moment. But what happened next she never saw coming.