Picard Drabbles – Lower Decks
Been watching Lower Decks and it does make you wonder what the LD folks thought about 'the big reveal.'
"Holy shite, are you kidding me?" Torres looked at Jenks like she had just grown a second head. And for a humanoid species with redundant internal organs, it was entirely possible.
"She kept the kid hidden from him?" Jackson chimed in. "For over twenty years?"
"Man, that sure is going to rewrite the history books!" Morris said shaking her head. "Jean-Luc Picard has a son!"
The lower deck's crew of the USS Titan were engrossed by the soap opera happening on the bridge of their ship. The Titan, under Shaw, had been a reliable, somewhat boring Science exploration ship. When the crew heard Admiral Jean-Picard and Captain William Riker were coming aboard for inspections, they hoped to have time to interact with the famous leaders and ask them questions about their glory days. Now, it was clear that there would be no time for that but geez if the gossip didn't travel faster than warp 10 through the ship.
"You should have seen it," started Ensign Harris, "They didn't even say a word. He just looked at her and she looked at him and damn! Shaw asks why Picard is doing this and Picard says, 'Because he's my son.' You could have knocked us over with a feather."
"Wow, they never wrote about that part in the Starfleet history books," said Jackson. "I mean everyone knew they had a relationship but then she just disappeared and now we know why."
"Wait, if she's a doctor and he was, how old? How the heck did they, well, you know," Torres asked.
"You think maybe she wanted to have his kid? But then why disappear? Or maybe she was too embarrassed to tell anyone?" Morris said adding more questions to the discussion.
The groups sat in silence for a moment before breaking out into sustained laughter.
"Well, Jack Crusher is kind of a hottie," said Harris added. "He can crush me against a bulkhead anytime." The others just groaned in reply.
"Did you hear about their fight in Sickbay? Man, Picard was pissed off!" Torres said.
"I'd be pissed off too," K'olar replied. "And for a Vulcan, that would be impressive."
"Everyone said they were in love for years while serving on the Enterprise," Torres added. "I wonder just how long they were knocking boots while serving together?"
"Casey down in Sickbay said Crusher told Picard that Jack was conceived during their shore leave to Casperia Prime under a damn waterfall!" Torres added with a huge grin. "That's pretty damn specific and very romantic," she added.
"Well, there's an image I'll never be able to get out of my head, Thanks a lot Torres," Morris added.
"Do you think they'll get back together?" Harris asked.
"Hell yeah, did you see the way they still look at each other?" Jenks replied. "And I heard he made her a mix tape!"
"I don't know that's a lot of history to overcome. I heard he had a new girlfriend," Morris added.
"A new girlfriend? He's like 100!" Jackson said incredulously.
"He hijacked a ship, crossed the galaxy, and went outside Federation space just because she finally reached out to him. And that was before he found out she had his kid," Torres said. "They are so getting back together when this is all over with."
"You willing to put your credits on that?" Morris asked.
"Hell, yeah!" Torres said pulling out a PADD to create a betting pool.
"I bet they get together by the time we get through this mess," Jackson said.
"I'll give it a week once they get back. He'll probably take her back to the Chateau and ooh la la," Torres said ponying up her credits.
"I will say the first weekend after their return to Earth," K'olar said. "It is only logical."
"Winner gets a paid trip to Casperia Prime!" laughed Torres.
They all laughed and soon everyone was putting up credits for the new Picard-Crusher betting pool