Yesterday, 06:59 AM
A strange calm washed over the doctor. There, with Ian’s hand clasped in his own, with their eyes fixed on each other, he had perfect certainty about what he should do next. His rational mind sputtered in defeat and bowed its head, fully subdued. He gave the engineer’s hand a gentle squeeze and allowed himself to enjoy the feeling.
Cassidy’s time was up. From the moment he’d heard Ian’s laugh, his days had been numbered, and now he was dead to rights. With this sudden clarity came the realization he’d been acting like a lovesick pup for days: always looking for an excuse to hang around engineering, always hoping something in Sickbay would break. He dimly registered that he should have been embarrassed, but instead he watched the feeling pass like a distant comet.
“We could go to my quarters,” he offered casually, as if it were the most obvious thing he could have said. Somehow, he knew that Ian was with him already. The rest of the conversation was a game that they were playing together. “The power distribution is pretty complex. It might help if you had a look at the schematics.”
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Cassidy’s time was up. From the moment he’d heard Ian’s laugh, his days had been numbered, and now he was dead to rights. With this sudden clarity came the realization he’d been acting like a lovesick pup for days: always looking for an excuse to hang around engineering, always hoping something in Sickbay would break. He dimly registered that he should have been embarrassed, but instead he watched the feeling pass like a distant comet.
“We could go to my quarters,” he offered casually, as if it were the most obvious thing he could have said. Somehow, he knew that Ian was with him already. The rest of the conversation was a game that they were playing together. “The power distribution is pretty complex. It might help if you had a look at the schematics.”
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