The Morning After the Night Before

Posted on Tue Jun 23rd, 2020 @ 12:50am by Lieutenant John Sandoval & Lieutenant JG Aeryn Jameson
Edited on on Fri Jul 10th, 2020 @ 5:21pm

Mission: New Moon Rising
Location: Sandoval’s Quarters
Timeline: Morning of arrival at Paradise Station

A Mission Post by Lieutenant JG Aeryn Jameson & Lieutenant John Sandoval
Mission: Death in Paradise
Location: Sandoval’s Quarters
Timeline: Morning of arrival at Paradise Station
Wed Nov 7th, 2018 @ 10:27am

Aeryn awoke to find herself still romantically lying on John’s chest, still with his arms around her waist the way they’d fallen asleep together after an exhaustive, but extremely enjoyable, love making session. She’d never known anyone who enjoyed making love as much as she did, her Betazoid sex drive could be classed as excessive to those not used to it but John appeared to be her perfect match in that way.

She lay her head on his shoulder snuggling up to his neck and giving it a gentle kiss. “Good Morning John...thank you for another wonderful night.”

John smiled. "Good morning," he said back. "And it was my pleasure. Quite literally, actually." He kissed the top of her head and squeezed her waist tight.

He let out a sigh. "Big day today," he said. "We should be arriving at Paradise Station soon. My first proper mission on this crew. I'm actually a bit nervous."

“I can understand that” She lay contentedly in his arms. “I’m still nervous about being a Doctor aboard this ship, being a Counsellor is one thing but being the line between the possibility of someone living or dying! I’m nervous about it.” She lifted her head and smiled as she looked into his eyes. “I know that we’re both...keeping each other entertained and that it’s not going to go anywhere between us but....” She paused for a moment. “You’ve made me feel more happy and more loved than you’ll ever know. Just promise me that you’ll be careful over on Paradise Station Okay?”

"I have no intention of being injured or killed on Paradise Station," replied John. "My part of the mission seems straightforward. But we've prepared for emergencies. That's why I was training with Emmanuelle last night." John smiled at her. "We'll all come home safe."

“Who is going with you to Paradise?” She looked at him curiously just wondering what people made up the Diplomatic party.

"Well," John began, thinking a moment. "there's the Captain, yours truly, Krysia, I think the security chief, and Emmanuelle. That young woman has good instincts. She'll keep us alive if others want us dead."

"Computer, time," John asked. The reply came immediately: 0700 hours.

"I need to get ready," John said. "I need to be on the bridge before we arrive at the station, and I should stop at my office on the way." He released Aeryn and rolled out of bed. "You're welcome to join me in the sonic shower again," said John with a grin. "But I really do need to clean up properly."

"I'll help you clean up properly" she grinned as she slid out of bed and joined him. "I don't want you to be late, I'll be shot if either of us are late on such an important morning!" She followed him to the bathroom. "You said Krysia is going with you? I take it she did tell you that she's pregnant?" The look John gave her answered her question. "Sorry...patient privacy would normally not allow me to say anything but given the situation I thought it best to say. Although I expect Krysia was the one who told you?"

They both got into the sonic shower and activated it. The sonic vibrations felt good as it cleaned them. "Can you help with my hair?" John asked. "And yes, I know about Krysia's pregnancy. She told me when we first met. I don't anticipate any issues. I expect she would've declined or the Captain would have said no if either was concerned."

"Agreed" Aeryn smiled and started massaging his scalp for him helping him to get his hair sorted. It wasn't that easy in a sonic shower.

"Mmm, that feels good," John said. After a moment he turned Aeryn away from him and began giving her a scalp massage, trying to ensure the sound waves got access to her hair as needed. He put his body against hers. "I'd love to keep going," he said in her ear. "But I legitimately don't think we have time."

"Ohhh that's a shame" she smiled. "I was just enjoying the feel of your body pressing against mine, but if we don't have time..." She was secretly hoping they would have time.

John gritted his teeth. He didn't like his own answer. Not at all. "It would do me no good," he said, "to be late for my first mission. Then I'd get transferred off the ship and we couldn't do this at all now, could we? We'll just have to remember where we left off for when we're back aboard Pandora."

Aeryn smiled. "For when you get back then, after all we both have our jobs to be getting to. I'll speak to Doctor Ashshy about your leg as well. Hopefully I'll have some answers for you next time I see you."

"That sounds perfect," John said. He kissed the back of her neck, and then pulled away, deactivating the shower. He stepped out and retrieved his uniform from the nearby closet, and started dressing himself. Then he remembered something. "Right, I forgot about the clothes I left in your quarters yesterday. Those are among my favourite social time clothes. I guess you'll need to bring them back before we go out next." But if we start our date here, we may never actually leave! John thought with a bit of humor.

“Don’t worry you can always pick them up from my room, or I could drop them into your Quarters the night you get back.” She smiled as she grabbed her clothes and dressed ready to go back to her Quarters for a fresh uniform for the day’s shift.

A few moments later he'd finished donning his uniform and arranged his hair just so. He retrieved his nice cane -- the ornate one, with a synthetic ivory polar bear head sculpted into the handle, with gold inlaid into a natural dark cherrywood shaft, which he brought with him for an extra degree of formality.

"So how do I look?" John asked.

“You look very distinguished and very, very handsome.” She smiled warmly. Both Katherine and I are lucky women.”

John smiled widely. “I think we’re going to the same lift. Shall we?”

Aeryn nodded. “By all means”

OFF