A Little Flush

Posted on 25 Sep 2021 @ 10:03pm by Lieutenant JG Harper Matthews & Captain Jonathan Reynolds

Mission: Picking up the pieces
Location: Captain's Ready Room
1198 words - 2.4 OF Standard Post Measure

ON:

It had been a day or so since their sparring session turned into something far more physical than she had expected. She had never been that person that slept with their Boss, hell at this point Commander Fox was her superior and Reynolds was above that... so she skipped a step or two there, and not on purpose.

The attraction was real, burning and she thought she had a hold on it, she slipped and so did he apparently.

No-one knew, or she hadn't told anyone at least. She stood at her post on the bridge, one hand on a PADD, the other almost bracing herself against the mahogany decoration that held the consoles in place. She liked being up high and above the rest. Made her feel important if anything even if she wasn't really.

The PADD contained a new duty roster she wanted to implement and Commander Fox had suggested giving it to the Captain as she was busy with pregnancy related things.

Awkward.

He was in his ready room, she made her way to the door and stood at it for what seemed like an eternity before pressing the chime for entry.

"Come," Jon said. He could already sense who was outside. "Ensign. Harper," he said when she walked in and the door shut behind them. "What can I do for you?"

She walked in confidently, her mind betraying her body language... apart from a little flush that went to her cheeks. "Captain, I have a new duty roster I'd like for you to sign off on. I know Commander Fox is whom I'd usually see but she has other things on her mind at the moment and told me that you wouldn't mind." she said, her heart beating a little faster.

She wanted to throw herself over the table at him, kiss him, wrap herself around him but the amount of restraint she had was surprising, even for her. It felt like teenage energy...

"Oh I don't mind at all," Jon said sensing her feelings. He took the PADD off her. "How are you?"

"Fine sir..." she said as her eyes drifted quickly up and down his seated body. She'd seen him naked and there was no going back from that, and that wasn't necessarily a bad thing in her mind but she'd just met him. "eh how are you?" she continued playing with her hands behind her back.

He stood up and walked round to her. "I'm fine but I would like to see you again. Off shift."

As he walked around to her she could smell him, her eyes closed a little. "You smell good." she said out loud then her eyes opened wide as if she didn't expect to say her thought quite as vocally as that. "Eh I don't know where that came from but you would?" she asked. "Is there not a rule about seeing people below you sir?" she asked as she tried to find more of a resolve instead of a babbling mess that uttered every lustful thought.

Jon smiled and placed a soft kiss on her lips. She wasn’t expecting it but there was no arguments it seemed. “No rules. Just everything has to be discreet. It can be difficult having feelings for a coworker of course and both of us being senior crew, there’s time constraints and the realities of responsibilities ….. but Harper something is clearly happening here. Between us. Do you want to explore it?”

She could feel her toes curl in her shoes as he kissed her, little minor explosion of excitement in her stomach but it soon subsided as he began to talk. "I feel like you're calling me your secret mistress..." she said as she straightened her uniform out. For a moment she thought, the feelings of doubt as she'd heard he was recently single and she did not want to be the rebound woman.

"Well its just my position. I would have to do that with anyone in the beginning. And it would have to not impact on working together. I'm not saying its discretion forever," Jon said looking her in the eyes deeply.

"You interest me greatly, certainly attract me and we had a lot of fun together that night. I would like to see where it goes but if you're not looking to .... well I won't mention things again. And rest assured I won't hold anything against you. I'll just commit it to memory as a wonderful night and we can get on with our lives."

He put the ball firmly into her court and started back to his desk.

They did have a lot of fun... many times. "Let's see where it goes." She said with a smile and she lightly touched his arm before he was out of reach. "Would like it if you held some of you against me though..." she said flirtatiously before going deadly serious as she added the "sir" at the end.

Jon smiled and headed back. He walked up behind her and slid his arms round her waist placing a kiss on her neck. “Well I wouldn't want you to leave this room lacking.”

His breath on her neck caused her knees to wobble slightly but she held herself up, not wanting to show the extent of the feeling. Kissing her neck was a major turn on for her but by now she'd guessed he knew that and that's why he was doing that. "You'd better lock that door." She said as she fell forward a bit and had to place her hands on the table for support.

Jon smiled. The air was suddenly thick between then and the tension needing breaking was rising off the charts. It was incredibly tempting, would he give into his base instincts right now?

But before he could answer that question the universe it seemed had "Other" plans.

=^=Captain. I have Admiral Lockett on subspace needing to speak to you urgently.=^= his comm. badge chirped. "Its something to do with the Copernicus."

=^=Once Ensign Matthews has exited patch the Admiral through=^= he pressed his own comm. badge disappointed and his own body aching.

=^=Yes sir=^=

"Sorry," he whispered in her ear, hot breath felt on her neck. His could feel his own frustration was boiling. "Eddies with his mum tonight. I can be all yours," he said spinning her round slowly and giving her a proper kiss this time.

Now she was just as frustrated as he was, that much could be told by the slight bite down on Jon's lower lip as he kissed her. She watched him as he moved back around the table, fixing himself for the call to come. Closing her own eyes for a moment to calm herself down, try and lose the blushed look from her face, she took a deep breath. "Call me when you are off shift." She said as she turned to leave. "Don't work too hard." She teased before the doors let her leave and she tried to find something to take her mind off what had just happened.

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Captain Jonathan Reynolds
CO, USS Andromeda

Ensign Harper Matthews
CSTO, USS Andromeda