Long Way Home
Chapter 14
[Day 22 of 45]
Bones hadn't had a good shift off in twenty-two days. By that he meant he and Gaila hadn't had the same shift off. They really needed some bonding time. It had been difficult.
So as he moved into his quarters – which he shared with Gaila who had moved out of her own for a Vulcan Couple. She was sitting on the bed, her top missing. He moved up behind her as she pushed those gorgeous red locks up higher on her head. He crawled on the bed and pressed his lips against his necks.
"Good morning to you too," she told him with a mutter before turning to face him.
"How did you know it was me?" he murmured.
"I always know when it's you," she told him before rolling them so she was on top. "And I've really missed you." Before he could respond her lips pressed into his.
~Slow Way Home~
Pavel was sitting in his quarters as one of the cadets he was sharing with left for his shift, another sleeping. His eyes stared up at the ceiling, unseeing.
In front of him he saw his Jenna. Black hair, dark eyes, light lilt in her voice when she spoke from summers spent in Japan with her parents visiting distant relatives. She'd been his all. Everything he loved. And he lost her. While on duty he couldn't show his pain, his grief. It would be a while before he had himself together.
He knew that. But for now he could grieve in silence. And if he had to… he knew Jim would let him cry on her shoulder.