The Drabble Files

by HoVis

Series of drabbles accompanying "In the Quartermaster's Store". Just what did the crewmen and women of the Enterprise spend three years doing? Features a good dose of Malcolm. Please R and R!

2. Chapter 2

The Drabble Files

2) Interview

The ships' Quartermaster had to be brought aboard at quick notice, and so Archer was more than prepared to accept any small quirks which Starfleet's recommended candidate might possess, providing that he or she could sew a straight seam and keep the terrifying cargo bay that was the Store in good order. He was not, however, quite prepared for the black mourning armband, or the burly fellow crewman who seemed to come part and parcel with Quartermaster Miranda Heron.

"Her husband asked me to look after her before he died," the man had stated as he followed her into the private interview in Archer's ready room, apparently thinking that this explained his presence.

Crewman Heron shot her companion a quelling look.

"Yes. You see, we come as something of a package."