Hoshi watched T'Pol to see how tense she was. They were in the command room, working on something that Hoshi could do in her sleep. What they were working on wasn't on her mind. She could see how tense T'Pol was, and it has been going since after Charlie was born. When T'Pol was on the bridge, she was short with everyone. It was when T'Pol yelled at Travis for something that was out of his control that was when Hoshi knew something was wrong. She would watch her when she was with her husband and son. She had notice that T'Pol barely touched her husband. Hoshi wondered if Tripp was having the same problem. Hoshi knew that they both needed sex. She didn't know how they were surviving with a new baby or finding time to themselves. Charlie was great, she saw how happy he was. Both his parents were there for him. She just wondered if T'Pol and Tripp found time to be a couple again.
"Commander T'Pol, how do you like being a mom?" Hoshi thought that she would start with something easy.
T'Pol glance away from the screen and Hoshi saw a light in her eyes that she has never saw before. Hoshi knew that she would be smiling if she allowed herself to. "I love it. Charlie is a good baby." Hoshi than heard everything about how Charlie was growing and he how smart he was.
"How is Commander Tucker doing being a dad?" Hoshi decide to ask.
"He is a wonderful father," T'Pol said. She punched something in the computer.
"How are you two doing as a couple?" Hoshi braved the question.
T'Pol looked away from the computer. Hoshi took it as she was frowning and thinking about what was going on in their relationship. "It's okay," It was barely a whispered. "We haven't found time to be us."
Hoshi nodded. Before they were married Tripp would take T'Pol on dates. Hoshi knew how much they loved each other in their own way. Neither one was as tense as they were before they got together. Hoshi took a breath. "Maybe you should find the time for each other."
T'Pol gave her a look. "I don't see how my relationship with my husband anything has to do with you."
Hoshi sighed; it was time to tell her truth. "Ever since you had the baby, you have been tensed. You haven't been like that since before you and Commander Tucker have been together. I'm not the only one who has noticed. I don't know what is stopping the two of you, because working out is only going to get you so far," Hoshi has caught Tripp and T'Pol in the gym at different times by themselves or with their baby sitting in a basket. "If you need someone to watch Charlie, I know a few people who will watch him, myself included," Hoshi took a breath. "It comes down to you and Commander Tucker having sex." Hoshi saw T'Pol turn away from her, not before green tinted her cheeks. Hoshi smiled. "If it has something to do with you don't feel sexy because you are wrong. Commander Tucker still looks at you like you are the stars and moon to him," Hoshi looked T'Pol up and down. "You also look like you haven't had a baby." Hoshi thought that she might have seen a smile out of T'Pol. "Your husband still wants you and you want him. So, remember that you are couple not just mom and dad to Charlie."
T'Pol nodded. Hoshi could tell that she was thinking. Hoshi turned back to her screen and gave T'Pol the time to think. "I think that you are right," T'Pol said. "If you can handle this, I have something to do." Hoshi nodded and watched T'Pol make her way out of the command center. Hoshi smiled. She had a feeling that she was going to hero of ship.
T'Pol made her way to engineering to find Tripp at the warp core, talking with one of his people. She stopped at the steps, just watching him for a moment because she had missed the lover that Tripp was. He smiled when he saw her. He jumped down the stairs. "What brings you here, Commander?" He asked.
"Can we talk in your office?" T'Pol asked. Tripp nodded and led her to his office. He closed the door and locked it. Tripp leaned against his desk. T'Pol looked around his office. She saw the PADDs and his computer on the desk. His desk chair was against the wall like he had taken a nap there.
"Is everything okay?" Tripp asked. "Is there something wrong with Charlie?" T'Pol raised an eyebrow he called their son by his name and not by the nickname he had given their son.
"Charlie is fine," She had check on him recently. She wanted to talk about them. "Do you miss me?" She asked him.
Tripp made a confused on his face. "T'Pol, I see you every day. I don't miss you. You have to leave for me to miss you."
T'Pol took a breath before she lost her cool. "I meant as a lover. It has been several months since we last…" T'Pol didn't finish that sentence.
Tripp smiled and made his way to her. He placed a hand on her cheek. "Yes, I miss you. You just had a baby and I love him." He ran his thumb over her cheek bone. "I want you to feel comfortable again. You seemed like you weren't ready. I know the doctor gave you an all clear."
T'Pol took his hand off his face. She held his hand as she turned away from him. "I haven't felt very attractive lately."
Tripp turned her to face again with the hand that she wasn't holding. "You are beautiful, and I still can't believe that you are mine. You gave me a wonderful gift of our son. I only fell for you deeper. I won't push you into anything you don't want to do. I'm never going to leave you." T'Pol took a hold his uniform and pulled him in a kiss. Tripp broke the kiss. "T'Pol, we can do this when you are ready."
"Tripp, your wife just kisses you and this is what you do," T'Pol pulls him closer to her. "I missed you, too." T'Pol leaned up and kissed him.
Tripp didn't say another word. He grabbed her butt and pulled her against him. T'Pol let put a moan because she felt how hard he was. He wanted her. Tripp broke the kiss and started to kiss her along her face and neck. He reached behind and pulled her zipper down as she reached for his zipper. There was an urgency to their hands. Tripp pulled her uniform over her shoulders and down her arms. T'Pol pulled her arms out of the sleeves and pushed his uniform down his shoulders and Tripp pulled his arms out. They each reached for each other's undershirt and pulled it over their heads. They let the shirt drop on the floor. Tripp reached for her when he heard.
"Commander T'Pol and Commander Tucker to the captain ready room," They both moaned when they heard the voice of their captain.
"I guess that we weren't meant to have sex ever again," Tripp mumbled against T'Pol's neck.
Tripp felt a feathery kiss on his ear. "Later, my husband," Tripp moaned but broke away from his wife. He picked up their shirts and handed T'Pol her shirt. They reset their clothes and were back to being First Officer and Chief Engineer.
Tripp picked up T'Pol's hand and placed a kiss on it. He saw the flames in T'Pol's eyes. Later couldn't come soon enough for them. "Let's go and see what the captain wants," Tripp sighed.
T'Pol check Tripp's clothes while Tripp rang the captain. She saw there were wrinkles on his uniform from where she grabbed him. T'Pol smiled to herself as the captain told them to enter. Jonathan looked at his first officer and second officer. He felt that he was interrupting something with them.
"You needed us, Captain," T'Pol stood in front of the desk. Tripp stood next to her. Jonathan saw that Tripp's uniform was wrinkled and it wasn't like that when he had breakfast with both this morning. He had called T'Pol in the Command Center, but Hoshi told him that she wasn't there. He had a feeling that he would find her in Engineering. Jonathan gave them a look before answering.
"Yes," Jonathan knew it wasn't time to yell at them for inappropriate behavior while they were working. "I just got a message from Starfleet Command, and they want us to get some alliances for the war with Romulans."
"I see," T'Pol said. "What is it we have to do?" T'Pol had a feeling that they were going to Vulcan. She didn't think that she would be welcomed there. They must know that she married a human and had a child by the same man. Not that they would let that get out.
"We are going to get together with representatives from each world and tell them to follow our cause. It would be in their best interest to join us in this war."
"Who are we looking for to a line with?" Tripp asked.
"Anyone who is willing to help," Jonathan said. "Our first stop is Andoria, then after that it will probably be Vulcan and after that anyone we can get."
Tripp and T'Pol nodded. Tripp gave his wife a look to she was going to react to going to Vulcan. She hasn't been there since her mother's death. He didn't see an emotion cross her face. He could feel that she was holding a lot of emotion in right now. He knew that she was going to have to meditate for a while tonight. It meant that he was going to have to watch Charlie and there might not be sex tonight.
"We will help in any way that we can," Tripp said when T'Pol didn't say anything. Jonathan nodded and soon dismissed them.
They stepped out of the ready room. Tripp reached for T'Pol. "T'Pol," He said her name.
"I'll see you tonight, Commander Tucker," T'Pol made her way to the bridge.
Tripp knew that she didn't want to be followed. He made his way back to engineering.
Tripp took a breath as he stood in front of his quarters. He tried to stay in engineering if he could, but then they kicked him out of the engineering. He felt that when he opened the doors, he was going to get a baby in his arms and T'Pol was going to meditate in their room. To Tripp that meant watching a movie and holding his son as he watched the movie. Putting his son to bed when his son wanted his mother to put him to bed. It was going to be rough night.
Tripp opened the door and he saw candles lit on the table. He looked around and didn't see any of Charlie's things around. The place looked clean and that was hard with a baby. He didn't see or hear Charlie and he could usually hear his son even if he was in the bedroom with T'Pol. For that reason, he didn't see T'Pol around. He didn't know if he should call out because he didn't want to wake Charlie if he was sleeping.
T'Pol came out of their bedroom, wearing his favorite robe. Tripp took a breath because his hands were inching to untie it. She wasn't the one that would romance him, it was usually him to do the romance. There might not even have been romance if they wanted each other.
"Tripp, it's about time you got home," T'Pol said as she made her way over to him.
"I wanted to give you time to meditate if you wanted," Tripp lied. T'Pol raised an eyebrow, she knew that he was lying to her.
"You didn't like the reaction I had after being told that we would be going to Vulcan," T'Pol stopped in front of him.
"Yes, I figured that you would want to meditate," Tripp ran a hand through his hair. He tried to look his wife in her eyes, but all he wanted to do was take her out of that thing that she was in. It has been a long four months.
"I did, when Crewman Edgerton was still here," T'Pol raised her arms.
"Where is Charlie?" He asked.
"Charlie is staying with Ensign Sato for the night," T'Pol reached up and wrapped her arms around. "No baby tonight. Only us," She whispered in his ear. "We need to reconnect."
Tripp couldn't agree more as he pulled her against him. She let out a moan as she felt his erection through his uniform. "No interruption," Tripp lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around.
"None," T'Pol hissed as he made his way to their bedroom.