Title: Lust

Author: nostalgia

Rated: R

Categories/Warnings: Het. Angsty. Bad words. Slash reference.

Summary: 155-word Ficlet: Hoshi and Malcolm.

Disclaim: Braga, Berman & the Dark Lord Satan all have more right to these characters than I do.

A date?: November 2002

Author's Random Shit: The third of the 'seven sins'. Don't worry, they aren't all connected, so you don't need to have read the others. If you feel the need, though, they're at http://bitextual.gatefiction.com/nostalgia/7sins.htm

For Jyorraku, who wanted R/S angst.

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"Come back to bed."

"I can't."

She pushes herself up on her elbow, runs a hand through her own hair. "Why not?"

"I'm your superior officer. I shouldn't be..."

[fucking you hard and fast against a wall in the armoury, sweat and skin and pounding heartbeats]

"...getting involved."

She smiles, relived. "Is that all?"

"'All'? If anyone knew that we were..."

[having each other more times and more ways than i have words for]

"...seeing each other..."

"You think anyone would care? Seriously?"

"The Captain..."

"Is probably going down on Trip as we speak."

He flinches, and she laughs. "You're so straight-laced, you know that?"

"It's been mentioned a few times." He presses his hand against the glass, starlight on his skin. "Do you find me irritating?"

"You can be a little..."

[frustrating, touchy, repressed, stereotypical, suicidal]

"...worrying from time to time. You just need to relax more."

He sighs and starts naming the stars.