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AQ/D05-32 - Crew Quarters - Daniel Brooks - 04-13-2026
==SEE WIKI==
RE: AQ/D05-32 - Crew Quarters - Jez Mala - 04-21-2026
Jez was sitting there , relaxing trying to figure out how she was going to navigate the complex legal issues she would be facing. She knew her family wasn’t as well placed in Betazoid Society, not that the Sixth house was bad or anything just when compared to the Ninth house and the Ukinix family. Jez was just about to send a communication when the comm system activated
[ Lieutenant Mala, Report to my ready room. Captain Brooks out.]
Jez looked up to the ceiling out of habit and said, “Aye sir, on my way.”
Jez wasn’t sure why the Captain was asking to see her, maybe he was going to give her an answer about being the godfather to be baby? Jez quickly got into her uniform.
>> Ready Room.>>
RE: AQ/D05-32 - Crew Quarters - Alexander Talion - 05-13-2026
== Written with permission from the other character’s writer to make as a joint post… ==
Beno opened an eye and thought she was seeing things. Maybe she was still dreaming. She had to still be dreaming. There was no way that she was seeing the faint beams of sunshine beginning to creep along the floor from a sunrise.
She half rolled over onto her back when she bumped into someone and she froze. Cautiously, she reached a hand behind her and felt a bare backside of a person and her eyes went a little wider. Turning more carefully, the other person shifted as she moved and rolled towards her, onto their back. Still groggy, she rubbed at her eyes and yawned, struggling to shake the cobwebs from her mind. The room was slowly becoming brighter, revealing…Alex. She was in bed with Alex. A quick lift of the sheet confirmed, yep, they were both still naked.
Beno lay her head back on the pillow and tried to finish waking up. There was a tiny hint of a remaindered that she had been drinking at the party, but it hadn’t been much. Then it all started flooding back into her mind. The dance, the kiss and the connection. After that dance, they could barely stop touching each other. Hands, a leg touching the other, maybe a shoulder, it had been like young teens and a first crush or something. She knew it seemed silly, but it was almost comical in a way and it only got stronger after they had left the party.
She was waking up more now, Alex shifted again and rolled her direction, draping an arm across her chest and snuggling up to her closer, but still dozing. She suppressed a smile, but just barely, because the memories continued to flood in. They had quite the night. She had never had the shared experience of last evening. The mingling of your thoughts and emotions with that of another person was more intimate than words could really describe. It had been more intoxicating than any drug and it gave her a tiny shudder just thinking about it. The experience had certainly taught her a great deal about the Betazoid culture and how it made so much more sense now. Her eyes had been opened to something she had mostly discounted before.
It was only then that it occurred to her that although part of her was exhausted, she also felt exhilarated. She had not slept that well in a long time. Now that she was awake, she realized that she was thinking more clearly than she had in months. Without the thoughts and emotions of another in her head, she felt as if she could hear every little sound and see every dust mote that hadn’t been filtered out of the air yet.
Realizing there was something under her shoulder, she reached over and found…a stuffed bunny. Her eyes went wide at another memory. The smell of strawberry scented shampoo and the image of various types of animals printed on a pink, thin, fuzzy fabric. She had been curled up with Reyna at some point. For just a second, she felt embarrassed and confused, but then it suddenly fit. Beno didn’t recall getting out of bed, but had a fuzzy recall of being lead by the hand and then falling back asleep with a very warm comforting feeling. Reyna had curled up with her to help her fall back asleep…but it was more than that. She had felt from Reyna a deep joy in that brief moment. She was starved for a maternal figure and here was Beno showing no fear or reservation, curling up with her and them falling asleep.
Naturally, Beno had not done so intentionally, but to Reyna, seeing her have no shame or hesitation at all as she stood naked in the night, it would have seemed the behavior of a Betazoid mother to take her hand and curl up without saying a word. She had a moment to wonder what she had gotten herself into when Alex began to stir.
His breathing picked up a bit and he pulled closer to her, giving a small moan of approval as he did so. When he rose up on one arm he looked at her appreciatively and smiled. She had a feeling they were both going to be smiling a bit for a while, it was hard not to. Alex leaned in and kissed her. It wasn’t long, but it was soft and genuine and she kissed him back.
From the doorway Reyna said, “Ah, you have fluffy.” She came over and picked up the rabbit and sat on the edge of the bed trying not to make Beno self-conscious about being naked under the sheet, so she looked back out the doorway as she said, “I think your spots are very beautiful. I’m just a tiny bit jealous, because seeing yours makes me wish I had such spots, but I’m just me. I’ve never seen so many spots on a person.” She turned to smile at Beno, “Even without the spots, you’re very pretty, what do you think, dad?”
Alex chuckled, “Oh, I’m quite a fan, though I have to say I’m rather fond of the spots as well.”
Reyna got up and walked out of the room with her rabbit but as she cleared the doorway, some light struck Beno in the eyes and she held up a hand, “What is that light?”
Alex ran a hand down to her thigh as he looked at the door and said, “The sunrise, what did you think it was?”
Not being shy, Beno pushed him onto his back and rolled to lean over him, putting a hand on his chest and pressing against him, “It can’t be a sunrise, we’re not in a system right now.” She then started to get out of bed.
He took the hint and began to get out of bed too, tossing the sheet aside, “No, it’s a holographic program I have installed. It replaces the entire outer wall when I want it to and I like waking up to a sunrise”
Alex boldly walked over and took her hand. Beno glanced toward the door as if to ask a question, but Alex said, “Don’t worry, she doesn’t want to embarrass you. Besides, I think we both need a good shower after last night.”
He lead her into the wash area and discovered an actual shower with a water recycling unit. He chuckled again, “Don't stop now. If you don’t recall, we’re long past being shy. Besides, people who shower together have the cleanest backs.”
The water was hot and felt amazing. Alex rubbed her neck and shoulders for her as well, reminding her of things she had not had in a while. They got a good look at each other’s scars in the light of the new day and perhaps lingered longer than they needed to, but turned it off before they began to prune up too much.
Alex handed her a big soft towel and used another to begin drying her back, “So, can I interest you in some breakfast?”