Chapter 16: Cyare

Lieutenant Commander Emily Jane Shepard

Medbay on board the Falcon

10:7:15 (25 BBY)

"Skipper, you need to rest" Ash cajoled me as I sat next to Gideon's bunk. Most of my injuries had been dealt with, except the one on my eye, which was still covered with bandages. I run my right hand through my hair while my left hand's thumb keeps circling his knuckles while I withhold a sigh.

"Ash, he saved me from a fate worse than death, I think I can sit by his side and make sure on his health" I say stubbornly. I might sound stubborn, but the man had seen me at my worst. He held me as I wept through reliving Akuze, Torfan, Virmire, Bahak and Thessia. He comforted me through the Cerberus Coup and Thane's death. And I would be dead before I let him wake up without me by his side.

"Emily-Svit Kona, be reasonable. Will Gideon be happy to see you wrung out and ill? He will be upset with you for harming yourself thusly. He would probably be happy to see you well rested instead" came Eragon's voice as he strode through the door. The hybrid struck an impressive figure at six feet of lean muscle. And I had noticed Miri giving him appreciative once overs. The fact that he was eager to learn, a completely chivalrous gentleman and had an above average brain was just catnip for her. The amount she hit upon the oblivious bugger and his reactions when he got her innuendo made me wonder how the hell a guy like him wasn't tied down by some lucky woman.

Hang on. I never use the word bugger... the Force Bond!

"Oh Emily, you're stupid, stupid, stupid!" I say angrily, bonking my head against the hull. At Ash and Eragon's concerned looks I decide to explain "He and have some kind of telepathic link. He called it a Force Bond. It should be able to wake me up!"

"Well, great then skipper! Now. .Sleep" said Ash in the tone used by senior NCOs when their officers are being stupid. I decided to concede this battle to her. Getting out of my position on his bunk, I stretch the kinks out from my back and turn to look at the two.

"Ok, call me if something comes up" saying this, I slip into Gideon's bunk and close my eyes. It may seem forward to everyone except the two of us. I could literally feel his presence thrum from our physical contact through the bond.

I hear both our resident prudes choke at my forwardness, following which Ash ushered Eragon out of the room. Smiling with a slightly mischievous satisfaction, I close my eyes and open my side of the link to him.

And am immediately sucked into things that make my nightmares seem like children's fears.

Oh Gideon what did you go through is my last thought as I hear his screams of agony.

Sorry for the long hiatus, my work life has practically sucked me into a blackhole. Plus my muse for this series abandoned me for a while.

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