1 Revenge
John Sheridan sat down on his bed with a book. He wanted to finish it before his next shift. Just this once, he thought, I'll read a whole book without something important happening. Just as he completed his thought his comlink beeped.
"Sheridan, go."
"Captain, you're wanted in C&C."
"Thank you, Corwin. Sheridan out." Muttering about how he never had time to put his feet up he put on his jacket and trudged out the door. Delenn intercepted him in the hallway.
"John, I just wanted to tell you that I love you," she said and kissed him. Sheridan's comlink went off again.
"Captain, you coming?" It was Susan this time, and he heard applause in the background.
"I'll-I'll be there in a minute."
"If you do not mind, I shall walk with you."
The two reached C&C a few minutes later.
"Commander, why did—" Sheridan was cut off as his staff burst into applause. He glanced up at the main screen. This picture of Susan and Marcus from this morning was gone, and to his horror it was replaced with one of him and Delenn. He turned to face her.
"Were you in on this?"
"I was. Happy April Fool's day, John."
To the surprise of everyone in the room, including themselves, they kissed, and C&C erupted in a thunderous roar that continued long after their kiss ended.
"I had better leave." With those words the Minbari turned and left. She popped her head back in a moment later. "Susan, there's someone who wants to see you outside." Susan shrugged and went to meet whoever was in the hall.
It was Marcus, holding a dozen red roses.
"I'm sorry about earlier—" he began.
"Don't be. It was a joke. I took it too seriously. I tend to do that sometimes."
"I hadn't noticed," he remarked dryly.
"Don't push it," Susan warned him.
"I won't. I've done that enough for one day."
"I do believe you have. Happy April Fool's day, Marcus. You certainly are a fool."
"A fool for you," he replied, handing her the flowers."
"Thank you. And I won't kill you—this time—. Next time—"
To her surprise and extreme annoyance, Marcus had kissed her.
"You were saying?" he asked as if nothing had happened.
"I said that I wouldn't kill you if it didn't happen again. Since it did, I will personally rip your lungs out and toss them and what's left of you in the fusion reactor! Is that perfectly clear?"
"Yes milady!"
"Milady," she thought as he ran away, when did I become "milady"?
John Sheridan sat down on his bed with a book. He wanted to finish it before his next shift. Just this once, he thought, I'll read a whole book without something important happening. Just as he completed his thought his comlink beeped.
"Sheridan, go."
"Captain, you're wanted in C&C."
"Thank you, Corwin. Sheridan out." Muttering about how he never had time to put his feet up he put on his jacket and trudged out the door. Delenn intercepted him in the hallway.
"John, I just wanted to tell you that I love you," she said and kissed him. Sheridan's comlink went off again.
"Captain, you coming?" It was Susan this time, and he heard applause in the background.
"I'll-I'll be there in a minute."
"If you do not mind, I shall walk with you."
The two reached C&C a few minutes later.
"Commander, why did—" Sheridan was cut off as his staff burst into applause. He glanced up at the main screen. This picture of Susan and Marcus from this morning was gone, and to his horror it was replaced with one of him and Delenn. He turned to face her.
"Were you in on this?"
"I was. Happy April Fool's day, John."
To the surprise of everyone in the room, including themselves, they kissed, and C&C erupted in a thunderous roar that continued long after their kiss ended.
"I had better leave." With those words the Minbari turned and left. She popped her head back in a moment later. "Susan, there's someone who wants to see you outside." Susan shrugged and went to meet whoever was in the hall.
It was Marcus, holding a dozen red roses.
"I'm sorry about earlier—" he began.
"Don't be. It was a joke. I took it too seriously. I tend to do that sometimes."
"I hadn't noticed," he remarked dryly.
"Don't push it," Susan warned him.
"I won't. I've done that enough for one day."
"I do believe you have. Happy April Fool's day, Marcus. You certainly are a fool."
"A fool for you," he replied, handing her the flowers."
"Thank you. And I won't kill you—this time—. Next time—"
To her surprise and extreme annoyance, Marcus had kissed her.
"You were saying?" he asked as if nothing had happened.
"I said that I wouldn't kill you if it didn't happen again. Since it did, I will personally rip your lungs out and toss them and what's left of you in the fusion reactor! Is that perfectly clear?"
"Yes milady!"
"Milady," she thought as he ran away, when did I become "milady"?
