[ Leaving her quarters may be one of the hardest things James T Kirk has ever done. It shouldn't be. There's no reason he should be this attached to her, this entangled with her, with her emotions and her well being, but he is. He'll try to figure it out later. Right now? Right now he's going to take care of her as long as she'll let him.
So he leaves. Heads to the cafeteria and charms his way into a bowl of strawberries and a veritable stack of cookies. Both of them are as fresh as the starship is able--he wasn't wrong about a group of cooks trying to do their best to take care of their crew by feeding them properly.
The computer directs him to Sam's quarters and he presses half the cookies into his surprised brother's hands, hugs him again for longer than he should (he'll deny it, he will, but damn he's glad to have the chance) and then takes his leave. He wasn't wrong about Sam either--he catches sight of Ortegas and Uhura at the small table in his quarters before the door slides shut. And while he can't be entirely certain, he's reasonably sure the bottle they're sharing between them is an old earth vintage.
Some twenty minutes after he left her, the computer in La'an's room announces a soft 'Welcome, Lieutenant Kirk' as he's let past the door lock. The strawberries find their way onto a ledge, whats left the cookies stacked beside them.
He doesn't see her at first glance and his heart thuds heavy in his chest, stomach working its way up his throat even as he tries to rationalize that she's fine--she's in her quarters, he wasn't gone for long, he can hear noises in the bathroom ] La'an?
[ Like everything else around her, Jim doesn't mean for the emotion to cloud his voice, but it slips in anyway ] You here?
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So he leaves. Heads to the cafeteria and charms his way into a bowl of strawberries and a veritable stack of cookies. Both of them are as fresh as the starship is able--he wasn't wrong about a group of cooks trying to do their best to take care of their crew by feeding them properly.
The computer directs him to Sam's quarters and he presses half the cookies into his surprised brother's hands, hugs him again for longer than he should (he'll deny it, he will, but damn he's glad to have the chance) and then takes his leave. He wasn't wrong about Sam either--he catches sight of Ortegas and Uhura at the small table in his quarters before the door slides shut. And while he can't be entirely certain, he's reasonably sure the bottle they're sharing between them is an old earth vintage.
Some twenty minutes after he left her, the computer in La'an's room announces a soft 'Welcome, Lieutenant Kirk' as he's let past the door lock. The strawberries find their way onto a ledge, whats left the cookies stacked beside them.
He doesn't see her at first glance and his heart thuds heavy in his chest, stomach working its way up his throat even as he tries to rationalize that she's fine--she's in her quarters, he wasn't gone for long, he can hear noises in the bathroom ] La'an?
[ Like everything else around her, Jim doesn't mean for the emotion to cloud his voice, but it slips in anyway ] You here?