"So My lady, do you still respect me?

Posted on Sun Aug 6th, 2017 @ 8:55am by

Mission: Mission 4 - Combustion
Location: Braden's quarters
Timeline: MD 4 morning
1575 words - 3.2 OF Standard Post Measure

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Braden woke at the same time despite the short night of sleep. He kissed Bettina's cheek as he slipped form bed. He normally ran every morning but he felt it might be seen as rude if he just left her here alone. So he went into the other room and began working out with typical exercises. He listened for Bettina to begin moving then made coffee and heated a few pastries he had in his cupboard. "Good morning, Coffee? Anything in you coffee?"

At first, she wasn't sure where she was, but when Bettina finally opened her eyes and looked around, and realization hit, she couldn't help but smile...the night had been amazing, and she felt as if they'd started on a path to something grand.

Of course, Braden wasn't even here, so, rubbing her eyes, she sat up, wondering if maybe he'd had second thoughts and abandoned her. But then she smelled the coffee and heard his call, and a smile crossed her lips.

"Breakfast in bed? Really? I'm flattered!" Her smile widened as she watched him, thinking that he was an amazing man, and she was the luckiest medic in the Quadrant!

"It was a pleasure to attend you after you were gracious enough to stay. I do fear I can not make a proper breakfast with what I keep on hand." He sat down beside her offering her coffee and a pastry "I do have a question though. Do you still respect me?" He leaned in kissing her, "I can say for certain I have zero regrets and was in fact rather impressed."

"Impressed? With me?" Bettina smiled and shrugged. Was he flattering her? She'd never particularly thought of herself as impressive when it came to that, bu then, he had been easy to impress and she'd be happy to do it again!

"But...respect you?" Her nose wrinkled up as she looked at him assessingly. "I don't know," she mused slowly. "I mean, you were pretty quick to give in to my womanly wiles." She added crossed eyes to her wrinkled nose, then laughed.

"I suppose I can respect you...this time." Grinning, she grabbed his shirt from the foot of the bed and slipped it on, then took the mug of coffee. "Just...I hope there's plenty of chances to not respect you!"

He sipped his coffee between bites of his own pastry. "I think we should practice this often. If practice makes perfect and we continue to improve on last night.. I think I would find you rather addictive. In which case you might well have several reasons to disrespect me? Maybe even in the same day." He leaned against the wall wrapping an arm around her so she was leaning against him. "How soon do you report for your shift today?"

"Hmmm..." Settling against him, Bettina munched for a moment on her pastry then shrugged. "'Shift' is sort of flexible...I mean, I go on call at 0800, but I don't necessarily have to be anywhere...just available if there's an emergency." She'd already oriented to Sickbay, and had her kit. "I just need to get changed and grab my med-kit." She looked up at him. "You can come with me, if you...want..." She bit off a barb, seeing no point in going back to his old comments about her living in a hovel.

"If I go with you it will take you a good bit longer to get dressed." Braden kissed her cheek, "after all there is still some of you I need to explore." He kissed her cheek, "or explore again at least." He looked around and laughed "I can see my cloths but where did yours end up? I mean you need them to go home."

"I have this..." She snuggled into his shirt and grinned. "I bet it'd be long enough to use as a dress." Well, she wasn't really going to go prancing around like that, and right now she wasn't in a hurry to scramble around for her clothes. "I came here with clothes, so they must be somewhere, right? Unless you hid them to keep me here?"

Braden smiled suddenly "hmmm, I actually did not think of that but it is a rather fun idea." Since the pastires were eaten Braden took her coffee cup and put it on the stand beside his. Turning back to her he took her hips in hand and shifted her so she was laying down as he covered her body kissing her. Between kisses he whispered "I do not think you are sweaty enough to need a shower before we go. I think we should remedy that." His hands were already roaming across her to the places she had responded too last night.

He really did know exactly where and how to touch her to set her on fire, and she was more than happy to submit to him, and to work up a sweat.

Giggling, she wrapped her arms around his neck, then pulled him down to kiss him, savoring the way he made her feel.

They were running late by the time they had showered and now getting dressed. Braden helped pull her baggy coveralls over her shoulder and kissed her shoulder before covering the skin. "I may end up being busy today but if you are available at say 1730 hrs we could hopefully get together for dinner." Braden hugged her from behind, "after dinner you are more then welcome to come back here and 'watch' another movie with me." He looked at his room and laughed "okay you said we should go to your quarters? If that is still the plan I am ready hows about you?"

"I'm ready now!" Smiling, Bettina leaned back against him, loving the feel of his arms around her, and the safety and caring it relayed to her. "But yes, dinner at 1730, barring any silly things, and after that..." She shrugged. "Who knows where we'll end up, right?" She was easy, so long as she was with him it didn't matter where they landed!

He took her hand as they left his quarters and walked to the turbolift. Since they were running a bit late the hall was nearly empty but they did see a few of the crew. Braden greeted them politely as they passed by. He stopped at her quarters. He smiled at her and raised an eyebrow, "if I go in there are you going to seduce me again?" He laughed with a naughty glint in his eyes.

Bettina looked up at him, her face twisting up in thought. "Oh, welllll...." she gave him playful grin, "there are bunk beds!" She wriggled her eyebrows at him, for whatever that meant! Then she opened the door. "Dare you enter?"

He stepped between her legs and reached around her lifting her by her butt as he planted a firm kiss on her lips and walked her back into her quarters a couple short steps so they were clear of the door. Once inside he lowered her back to the floor but was still pressed against her. "I dare much but you should know, people often find me annoying? I hope you never do." He kissed her once more before giving her breathing room to show him around as she liked.

"It is annoying," she conceded, "that you have to work, and I can't just have you at my whim!" Giggling, she held him around the neck as she kissed him back, getting better at that with practice! "But you are brave to enter my lair! Sadly, I have to go to work." She shrugged as she clung to him, her head resting on his shoulder. She could do this all day!

Braden reveled in the warmth and attention. "Well if you need a mid day cuddle call me to join you for lunch." He squeezed her and kissed her forehead. "I better get to work as well." He smiled making eye contact, "I will see you tonight at any rate." Braden stepped backwards toward the door. "You know if I stay we will both be late."

"Uh huh..." Still gripping him around the neck Bettina peppered little kisses over his face. "So, um...lunch...your place, right? I mean, how long do you have? Long enough?" She gave him a cheeky grin then kissed him again so that he had no trouble reading the implications!

"I will be there at noon, if you can't make it just call me." Braden shook his head, he had never been really good with people but he was very much enjoying the attention. "You keep that up and I will stay, and you have to change clothes before going to work? If you are out of your clothes then mine will likely follow then we are both going to be in trouble." To emphasize his point he began lowering the zipper on her coveralls.

"Hmmm...you're right." Sighing, she took hold of his hand as she looked up at him, then brought it up and kissed his knuckles. "I hate being responsible. But then, I guess we'll have something to look forward to." At least she knew she was already anticipating getting with him at lunch...and after! This was all new to her, but she liked it!

OFF:

Bettina Davies
Field Medic
SS Mary Rose

Braden MacCloud
Chief Science
S.S. Mary Rose