Morning After

Posted on Tue Dec 16th, 2014 @ 3:12pm by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amelia Takethen & Lieutenant Ventarus Nosplet

Mission: Devotion of Time
Location: Ven's Quarters
Timeline: The morning after "Personal Time"

When Ven woke up, he had a moment of panic. He was not sure where he was or what was holding him down. After a moment of quite contemplation he remembered the night before. It was Amelia who was pinning him to the bed because she was literally laying on top of him with her arms wrapped around him and her head on his chest. She soft but deep breathing clued Ven in the b she was still asleep.

Now the he understood the situation he was more then content to just hold her while she slept. He decided her liked this sleeping together, waking up together thing.

Amelia squeezed Ven tightly, snuggling as she slowly woke up. Blinking awake, she looked up at Ven. "Morning."

"Good morning. " Ven said to her with a grin. "How did you sleep? "

"Morning." Amelia said while stretching. "Very well, thank you. How about you?"

"Really good." Ven said, his voice betrayed him a little and showed that this fact shocked him.

"Excellent. Would you rather have breakfast or a massage or a shower first?" Amelia said somewhat huskily.

"Ummm..."Ven thought aloud. "Maybe shower, breakfast then massage?"

Slowly, Amelia got out of bed, smiling as she stood and stretched again. "You go get showered then. I'll get a fresh uniform and some breakfast ready for you, ok?"

Ven also got out of bed and yawned. He turned to walk into the bathroom but stopped and turned back to Amelia. "You know what..." he walked back over to her. "Go ahead. I want to make you happy like you are me. If...beating me up will make you happy then I'm willing to let you." He braced himself and closed his eyes. He cringed as he braced for impact.

Amelia stared at him a moment, debating what to do. He was practically asking her to propose. Would he take responsibility? Only one way to find out. She slammed him into the wall, biting him on the shoulder hard.

""Ow!" He said, but bit back anything else. He just stood there up against the wall getting bit. He didn't even whimper, just took it.

Amelia tried not to break skin, but he was taking it so well she couldn't help but bite a bit deeper as she pressed him harder against the wall. The taste of his blood trickled into her mouth, making her purr softly at the bitter taste. Letting him go, she took a step back and licked her lips.

Ven just stood there for a moment, then he realized he was not breathing. He blew out a long breath, then sucked in a long deep breath. "Ok...that hurt."

"And that's how Andorian women propose marriage. At least in the colony I grew up in, it is. I've been told some women bite the face." Amelia explained, grinning widely.

"Wait...what?" Ven took a second. "You just asked me to marry you?!" Ven was finding it hard to breath suddenly.

"Yeah. Don't worry, I don't expect an answer right away. Go shower first." Amelia said as she walked out to the living room towards the replicator.

"Shower first..." Ven stumbled into the bathroom and under the sonic shower.

Hoping he took the rest of his clothes off before getting in the shower, Amelia punched up fresh uniforms for both of them. After laying them out, she punched up the replicator's memory, looking over what Ven ordered the most around this time so she could have that ready and waiting for him. Punching up both meals, she set them on the dining table and waited for Ven to finish.

Ven finished his shower and stepped out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist expecting to replicate a new uniform. He was shocked to find one waiting for him. He grabbed it and went back into the bathroom to quickly dress.

Once he was dressed he came back out and into the main room. "Pancakes!" Ven looked at Amelia. "Why me?" He asked.

Amelia looked confused at the question. "Why not you? And if you don't want pancakes, I can replicate something else."

"No, that's not it..." Ven's awkwardness was not making this easy. "Thank you for the pancakes, they are perfect." Ven thought for a moment while he took a seat and got situated. "You made such a big deal about how important procreation is to your people. Why would you want an outsider?"

Sitting down in front of her own pancakes, Amelia stared at them silently for a while before speaking. "Because it's easier maybe. Or maybe I'm tired of running. That's not an easy question to answer, but It's nice having someone to snuggle with, you know?" Finally picking up her fork, she slowly started eating her own pancakes.

"I do know..." Ven said, and took a bite of his food. "Ok how about this. Let back up a little, but only a little. Lets spend some time together, get to know each other. After some time, when you know me better you can propose again."

Amelia nodded slowly, thinking it over as she ate. "I think I can live with that."

"I would like you to stay here...with me." Ven offered. He was striving for a compromise. She was clearly use to moving at warp 8 while Ven was stuck at a space station. He wanted to find a speed for both of them.

The Andorian woman looked up at him smiling, a sadness in her eyes. "Thank you. I'd like that too. I don't have much to move so I'll get my things this afternoon if that's ok."

"Of course that's fine." Ven said around a bit of pancakes. "If you need help with anything I am here for you." Then after a moment he asked, "are you alright? "

"Yeah, I just..." Amelia started to say. She was trying to tell him but the words just wouldn't come. "I just have some things in my past is all."

Ven nodded and took a bite of his breakfast. "When you're read." He said simply with a jerky nod.

"Thank you." Silently eating on her pancakes for a little bit, Amelia asked a much lighter question. "Are pancakes always this good? They taste like a desert."

"So, I have this thing about earth food. They have some of the most interestingly flavored foods I have ever had. But out if all of there delicacies, there breakfast foods are by far the best." Ven said excitedly. It was clear that she had just stumbled onto one of his passions. "Wait until you try doughnuts. Oh! And sometimes in pancakes, they will put berries or bits of fruit! "

"That sounds absolutely amazing. I love fruits. Normally I eat them chilled, but on these pancakes... That's got to be amazing." Amelia said as she munched away.

"Sometimes, the humans will cook the fruit right into the pancakes, and sometimes they make a special sauce and drizzle it over the top!" Ven said excitedly. "I can't wait to share all of it with you!"

Amelia was much happier now, her past forgotten. "I can't wait to try all of them. I wonder if Andorian moon honey would taste good on them."

"We will have to experiment together!" Ven said across the table. He popped the last bite of his food into his mouth. "I have never had Andorian moon honey before. You will have to introduce me to it."

"Gladly. It's not as good replicated as fresh, but if I can get the replicator to make it cold enough it might be close enough." Amelia said just before eatingthe last of her own pancakes.

This was perfect. It was moments like this that caused Ven to even consider Amelia's request. When it came to romance the two of them seemed awkward. Or maybe it was just him. But when they were just together and talking it was perfect. Ven would be perfectly happy if this was the whole of the relationship, but he had a feeling that Amelia was hoping for more. Ven decided right there that he would do what he could to give her what she wanted.

"So...massage now?" He asked with a slight quiver in his voice.

Amelia stood and collected the dishes, heading to the replicator as she spoke. "Let me clear the dishes first. You go get comfortable and I'll be there in just a moment."

"Ok...but I'll handle dinner since you single handedly did breakfast." Ven didn't know how things worked in a typical Adronian relationship, but if she wanted typical she was looking in the wrong place. He wanted to take care of her the way she was him.

Ven went to his bed and tossed his duty jacket onto a chair near by. "The captain warned me that you might get a little rough with me. Please be gentle. I have a long day of ahead of me and I really can't aford to be injured. Any more then I already am..." he said looking at the bloody spot on his yellow shirt the bite on his shoulder had made.

Finishing with the replicator, Amelia tossed her uniform top aside as well as she entered the bedroom. "I won't break any bones, if that's what you're worried about." Was she secretly looking forward to this? It had been years since she practiced her massage therapy but for some reason, she was happy to about to be doing it again.

"Just go easy on me is all I'm asking. Remember that in not Adronian." He said. She could easily see that he was a little nervous. She had proven her strength to him and he had a very healthy respect for it now.

Amelia giggled a bit, rubbing her hands softly against his back encouragingly. "Don't worry, this is part of my motherly tender side. I promise you'll enjoy it. Now lay down so I can begin."

Ven nodded, deciding that a show of trust in her would only do good. He laid out on the bed and took a deep breath, trying to relax himself.

Amelia rubbed her hands together, warming them before she began. As she started, she worked his feet and toes, massaging in slow circles as she moved upwards.

Ohhh. Ven did not expect a full body massage. He was only hoping for his back. But like everything else so far Amelia was a surprise. "Ummmm." He moaned as he actually started to relax under her expert touch.

Before long, she had worked up the back of his calves and thighs, paying special attention to his knees. From there she massaged across his hips and butt in widening circles, moving into his back with pressure from her thumbs to make sure his back was properly aligned.

Amelia was finding sore muscles that Ven didn't know he had. When she ran her thumbs along his back his spine cracked and poped. Turns out crawling through the guts of the ship is hard on one's body. True to her word, Ven was enjoying himself.

Amelia took her time on his back, working every vertebrae, every rib, every muscle. When she got to his shoulders, she worked up between them to his neck, putting off the actual shoulders until the last.

"Careful with this shoulder..." Ven reminded Amelia about the shoulder she had drawn blood on.

"I will, don't worry." Massaging first one shoulder, then that arm, she moved to the other side and tenderly ministered to that shoulder, working on small tender circles before massaging that arm.

"I admit it, best massage I have ever had." Ven said as she worked his arm. Not that he had a lot of massages in his life.

Sitting next to Ven, Amelia smiled warmly. "I'm glad you approve. I told you I'd be tender. Nothing broken, right?"

"Nothing broken..."Ven said as he sat up across from her. He gazed into her eyes fir a moment, then gathered every ounce of courage he had and leaned in and gave her a gentle, timid kiss on the lips.

Amelia was surprised but responded in kind. She had seen this sort of thing but never thought anyone would do anything like that to her.

Ven broke the kiss and say back across from her nervously. He didn't really know what to do now.

Amelia had an idea of what to do. She wrapped her arm around his waist and leaned on him softly. "Thank you," she whispered.