Hooked?

Posted on Thu Nov 16th, 2017 @ 2:40pm by

Mission: https://wellington.pegasusfleet.site/index.php/sim/missions/id/3
Location: Karen Walker's Quarters
Timeline: Current - June 16, 2399 - 0600

ON:

When Charles awoke the first thing he noticed was that the color of the walls in his bedroom seemed wrong. As best he remembered, the walls of his quarters were pale green, yet in the ambient starlight, these walls appeared to be a light turquoise. Then, as his vision became adjusted to the level of light in the room, he began to make out more details - a chair in the corner, a door in the bulkhead to his left, and the dressing table and mirror at the foot of the bed.

'Wait a minute...' he thought suddenly, 'I don't HAVE a dressing table and mirror in my bedroom! Where the hell am I?' Then, he realized that there was someone sleeping next to him and everything came rushing back.

His mind whirled as he thought back to the previous night. He remembered going to Karen Walker's quarters because she had said there were a couple of samples she wanted to show him. Actually what she said was that there were a couple of THINGS she wanted to show him, he mentally corrected himself. They'd had a couple of drinks, then she had taken him into her bedroom where he discovered that what she had wanted to show him was her breasts - along with the rest of her. He had told her - not very convincingly, he had to admit to himself - that nothing could happen between them because they worked together in the same department and at best it wouldn't look right. At worst, it wouldn't BE right. But obviously neither of them had listened to THAT line of reasoning.

He knew what he should do was wake her and tell her that last night had been a mistake and it could never happen again, but the truth was he wasn't sure how she would take it. And more to the heart of the matter, he didn't know if he would really and truly mean it. After all, Karen HAD brought up a couple of valid points. He and Laurana had been divorced for several years now and it had been some time since he had been in any sort of relationship. And they were both consenting adults. Problem was, he didn't know what the command staff would think about personal relationships within a department. If he should become permanent CSO with the death of the Chief, they might think it smacked of nepotism, no matter how hard he might try to show otherwise. And then there was a question that only he could answer: Did he WANT to be in a sexual relationship with Karen? At this point he honestly wasn't sure. From what he remembered about last night, the physical part had been great - several times in fact. But even if HE was ready, there was still something else to consider...Was she? Rumor had it that she may have had several liaisons in the past and he supposed that was why on more than one occasion he had heard her referred to as the "Community Chest", obviously in reference to her obvious physical attributes.

Just then, his thoughts were interrupted by her stirring and the feel of her hand on him.

"Mmm...looks like someone may be ready for another round, hmm...?" she murmured sleepily as she slid her hand down his chest and across his stomach.

Charles said nothing for the moment, but a thought quickly crossed his mind - and it wasn't particularly an exclamation of excitement...

'Oh boy...'

OFF:

Lieutenant Charles Damian
Acting Chief Science Officer
USS Wellington

Lieutenant Karen Walker
Science Officer/Astrometrics Officer
USS Wellington