Close Encounters (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on 14 Apr 2012 @ 3:28pm by Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm & Lieutenant JG Drusilla McCarthy
Edited on on 14 Apr 2012 @ 3:29pm

2,355 words; about a 12 minute read

Mission: Episode 01 - Project Sienna
Location: USS Galileo, Dru's Quarters
Timeline: MD 02 - 2250 hrs

Previously, on Close Encounters (Part 1)...

Dru raised her hand as if to stop Lirha but then moved to cup her cheek, stroking her thumb across the Captain's cheekbone. Dru wondered how she could flip between emotions, feeling so upset and alone at one moment and then feeling wanted and at peace when she was with Lirha. Watching her thumb stroke Lirha's cheek, she realised she was still so confused. When one thing was sorted something moved into it's place to confuse her more. She hadn't talked to Lirha yet about what had happened, part of her was scared incase the Captain thought badly of her. Leaning forward, she kissed the Orion's lips softly, before drawing back and resting their foreheads together.

Lirha tilted her head up and pressed her lips against Dru's, returning the kiss with a long and slow one of her own before pulling back and looking the counselor in the eyes. Lirha sensed that something was on the counselor's mind, but didn't want to inquire unless prompted. She had a more...practical solution to whatever might be troubling her. "Computer, reduce lights." she said in a quiet voice. Dru's quarters quickly darkened with just a faint yellow light casting its hue over the two of them.

And Now, The Conclusion...

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Dru tried to focus her mind on Lirha and ignore everything else that had happened. Tonight hadn't given her opportunity to bring it up so she would wait until the time was right. As Lirha lowered the light, the counsellor looked at her in confusion, not quite sure what was happening.

Moving her hands to Dru's shoulders, Lirha gave her a gentle push and watched her sink into the couch, her back and head resting on the cushions in a more comfortable position. The Orion delicately moved her body on top of Dru's, putting a hand on her tight belly and closing her eyes as she leaned down to kiss her. With the lights almost dark and no distractions, Lirha gave Dru her full attention as she slowly kissed her. She turned her head slightly to the side and parted her mouth, letting her tongue rub gently against the counselor's.

Dru felt her breathing quicken as she fell back against the couch and felt Lirha's weight push down on her body. Dru wasn't sure what to do. This is was first time they had gone beyond kisses and affectionate gestures such as hugs. As her eyes readjusted to the level of light, Dru could see Lirha's outline before she felt the slight pressure against her lips, encouraging her to open her mouth. Following the prompts, the young counsellor moaned slightly as she felt their tongues brush together. Raising her hands, Dru placed them either side of Lirha's hips.

Resting her body on top of Dru's in a comfortable position, Lirha caressed her midsection through her shirt, rubbing her hand up and down the woman's side. Lirha's mouth paid special attention to her friend as she began to passionately kiss her, letting her lips move slowly from Dru's face and down to her neck while leaving a wet trail in their wake.

Dru gasped as the touch of Lirha's hands burned her skin wherever she touched. Closing her eyes, the young counsellor arched her neck against the caress of the Captain's lips. Dru still didn't know what she was to do, all she knew is that she didn't want Lirha to stop.

Lirha paid special attention to the sensitive areas on the side of Dru's neck, gently licking and nibbling on her milky skin. It had taken her several years of experimenting to learn the areas where the Human body was the most erogenous, but she was now relatively confident in her techniques. Several pleasurable moments passed before Lirha leaned back and upright. She looked down at Dru with sultry eyes as she tucked her fingers under Dru's shirt and began to tug on it in an attempt to remove the clothing.

Dru felt her body buckle under the touches and caresses, never had she felt this way before, it was like Lirha already intimately knew her body. Suddenly feeling uncertain, Dru grabbed the Captain's hands and looked up at her. Dru tried to control her heavy breathing and warm feeling in her face. "Th...this all feels a little soon. We are meant to be t..taking our time." Dru couldn't help feeling a little scared, they hadn't even progressed into a full relationship, deciding to get to know eachother better first. As her chest raised and fell with her still heavy breathing, she felt her fingers caress the skin of Lirha's wrist, her body still reacting to the Captain's presence.

"You're right, I'm sorry." Lirha whispered with a soft sigh, "I tend to get...excited." she replied with a smile. Excited was an understatement. It was commonly known throughout the quadrant that an Orion woman's sexual appetite was unmatched by that of any other species, and Lirha was no exception. She could already feel a pleasurable ache growing in her groin and the skin on her neck and chest was flushed to a greenish-gold color. With a deep breath, she brought herself back under control and laid back down on top of the counselor, arching her back in the hopes that Dru would move her hands up and tend to her exposed mid-section.

Feeling the pressure of Lirha's body against her length, Dru involuntarily groaned aloud. Moving her hands around Lirha's waist, right now happy for them to just be close. She was scared she would scare Lirha away. She knew Orion's were a highly sexual race but Dru needed this to go slowly. The young counsellor was only coming to terms with having feelings for Lirha, sleeping together needed to be something they could both do with clear heads, with feeling aswell as passion. The passion was there but the feelings were still being built. Dru moved her hand to rub Lirha's lower back, leaning up to kiss her gently. "Stay the night, nothing will happen but I just want us to hold eachother. I....I need to be held right now."

"Sure." she replied with a smile. "Would you like to go to your bed and lay down with me? You can finally tell me what's been troubling you." she added as she slowly sat up and pushed her hair behind her ears.

Dru moved her hand before Lirha could reached it, pushing the Captain's hair back behind her ear. Smiling gently, Dru stood and took Lirha's hand leading her to the bedroom, "That'd be nice." Dru stood in the middle of the room uncertain of what would happen next. She realised she really hadn't thought this through right the way. Moving forward, she slipped her arms around Lirha's waist and rested her head against the woman's chest. "I'm lucky to have found you."

Lirha gave the shorter woman a tight squeeze and a kiss on the forehead before breaking the embrace and leading her to the bed. She kicked her boots off and slid her black pants down around her ankles, finally removing them and placing them on a nearby chair. Walking back to the bed, she climbed on top and folded her green legs underneath her as she waited for Dru to join her.

Watching Lirha, Dru slowly pulled off her jeans and walked over to the edge of the bed, taking the Captain's hand as she keeled beside the Orion woman. Closing her eyes, she leaned in and softly kissed the woman before pulling back and rubbing her thumb across Lirha's cheek.

The captain grinned and scooted back into the bed, laying down on her back with a sigh and letting her head sink into the pillows.

Dru laid her head down against Lirha's chest again, trailing her finger's across the woman's abdomen. "Lirha....how do you manage to juggle your personal life and your professional life?"

Lirha thought about it for a moment, not sure how best to describe the life of being a new Starfleet captain. "I don't really have a personal life. At least, not at the moment. Aside from the occasional hours I get to spend with you and the sporadic message from home, I'm always on duty one way or another." she answered rather simply as she reached down and slowly rubbed Dru's back. "Why do you ask?"

Dru closed her eyes as she felt the comfort radiating from the simplicity of Lirha's hand rubbing her back. "I...I..." Again Dru found herself unable to talk. It had happened with Tarish and Markum and now it was happening with the one person she wanted to be able to open to. Taking a deep breath, Dru tried to just let herself be free, "I'm struggling....or I was struggling..or...I don't know anymore. I was happy earlier, happy to be with you, happy after the night last night but the rest doesn't go away."

"The rest of what?" she asked, unsure of what Dru was trying to tell her. "What do you feel you are struggling with?"

"I'm struggling with being the ship's counsellor. I'm struggling with making friends. Two people have recently made efforts to be my friend but a longtime passed before anyone made an effort. I felt alienated and now...I'm struggling to get over that." Dru turned on her side, burying her head into Lirha's chest as she felt stupid. I sounded like she took Markum and Tarish, even Lirha, for granted when that was far from the truth...she was just struggling to get over feelings she had been having awhile now.

"Well, from what I've seen so far, you're very good and committed to your job. A fine counselor." she said, then paused for a moment to play with Dru's brown hair, "But you have a tenancy to revert into a counseling mindset even when you're off duty. I don't know if you do it consciously, but I've noticed it a few times in the past." she said, then paused again. "Have you thought about just approaching people as their friend, and only giving them advice if they ask for it?" she asked. "If you're always trying to counsel the crew then it is no wonder if they see you a certain way."

Dru couldn't help but laugh at the irony behind that statement, he words were an almost duplicate to those said to her by Tarishiana also. Maybe the Captain and science officer were right. "Have you been talking to Tarish recently? She had the same advise yesterday. I tried it last night actually....Markum took me to the carnival. Said he wanted to thank me for everything I had helped him with." Dru shook her head, laughing more at the memories, "Would you ever hit John with a wrench?"

Lirha chuckled, "Well...I suppose if he startled me and I happened to already have one in my hand...I might hit him." she said, then paused to sit up a bit, looking down at the counselor curiously. "That's a strange question. Why do you ask?"

"It seems it's a type of therapy engineers have, if your annoyed hit something or someone with a wrench. Markum's trying to get me to give it a try." Dru laughed and tilted her head smiling to look up at Lirha, realizing that there was nowhere else in the world where she would rather be right now.

"Heh," she replied with a light laugh, and reached down to caress Dru's neck and cheek. "Engineers can be a strange bunch," she added, "I had the chance to work with quite a few on a daily basis when I was assigned to Ops. Just don't leave me full of bruises because you might happen to get annoyed with one of the new crewmen." she added in jest.

Dru leant into Lirha's caress, moving her hand to cup the hand the Captain rested on her cheek."I don't know if cuddly toys will bruise too much. I came to a compromise with Markum, I could give it a toy but I'd replace the wench with Markum Jr."

"Yes, I remember Markum mentioned his son to me. From what I've heard, Marcus is a bright young man with a lot of potential." she commented, then paused as a grin slowly spread across her lips. "I wonder how he would get along with Nesh..." she pondered aloud.

Dru burst out laughing and tilted her head back to kiss Lirha softly. "I don't think it would be easy to wield Marcus to hit people. Markum Jr is a cuddly toy he won for me at the fair...well he's a replication of the one won at the fair." Dru shook her head softly at Dru's way of thinking. "I think if he's as nice a person as his father, Nesh might eat him alive."

"That might be fun to watch." she said with a mischievous smile. "Who knows, they might turn out to be the best of friends." she added with a shrug. Lirha yawned and adjusted herself beneath Dru into a more comfortable sleeping position.

Looking down at Lirha, Dru smiled softly, unable to resist dropping a small kiss onto her emerald green lips. Dru readjusted herself so as she lay on her side with her head resting against Lirha's shoulder."Time for sleep I suspect."

"I have to be up at 0500 so I'll try not to wake you." she answered quietly, closing her eyes and rolling on to her side to face Dru. Lirha wrapped an arm around the counselor's waist and pulled herself closer, feeling the Human woman's warmth against her. "Computer, lights off." she added and the room went dark.

Dru found herself lying there listening as Lirha's breathing changed, indicating she had fallen asleep. The last few days still played on her mind but here beside Lirha it seemed like everything might be ok.

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CMDR Lirha Saalm
Commanding Officer
USS Galileo

Lieutenant Drusilla McCarthy
Chief Counsellor
USS Galileo

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