A Hard Farewell
"I'm sorry I couldn't be there. B'Elanna had them patch it through for me." He was beaming at her from the small screen on her desk.
"It's not your fault they sent you out early." She assured him. "I miss you so much already."
"It's been strange, not just this week, but the months after getting off Voyager. Not to see you every day. It leaves me empty and a little uneasy."
She nodded, pulling a cup of coffee closer to her and staring out the window beside her. "It's not going to be easy, but I think we made the right decisions."
He felt they had, but wanted to hear what she was thinking. He didn't prompt her for more, but he watched her breathe slowly until her eyes cleared and she looked back at him.
"It's been two hours and the intelligence information that has already come across my desk is overwhelming. The Federation as a whole is indeed facing dark times."
His eyes clouded over. "My dreams have been uneasy, and my Vision Quests have held no answers for me. This has in my past experiences indicated... doom." He threw in the dramatic word for lack of a better one.
"Please be careful out there. I need you to come home to me." She leaned closer to the screen, touched where his cheek showed and gasped through tears. "I need you to always come home."
Fin