The Morning after

Posted on 01 Sep 2023 @ 7:56pm by Lieutenant Syvar MD & Commander Amelia Fox & Lieutenant Cassandra Higgins-Stevens

Mission: R&R - Styx Outpost 2
Location: Sickbay
Timeline: MD5 0900
529 words - 1.1 OF Standard Post Measure

ON:

Amelia was lying on the bed in sickbay. She had managed to sleep but it had not been a restful one.

In a nearby cot, the twin girls were sleeping peacefully after having been given their early morning bottle. Exhausted after having been up half the night worrying, Syvar had sat himself down in a chair next to the bed and rested his head against Amelia's arm, fingers entwined with hers. Like this, he had eventually fallen asleep.

Amelia stirred, slowly swinging her legs off the bed. She stood and went over to the cot. Looking down at the sleeping girls, she whispered "I'm sorry. Mommy let you down. I wasn't.... wasn't strong enough."

Roused by the hand being pulled from his and a change in position as she got up, Syvar got up as well. "You have nothing to apologize for," he offered as he walked over, reaching down to scoop one of the infants up. He held the baby out to her. "You are their mother, that will never change."

The doors to sickbay had opened silently at Cassie's approach but she stopped when she saw the exchange, not wanting to interrupt. She knew this moment would have a deeper meaning for Syvar and most likely Commander Fox as well. She sidestepped, allowing the door to close once more and she allowed a moment to watch the exchange, the gentle intimacy, the familiarity between the two. In many ways, it was beautiful to see despite the reason behind why the scene was playing out.

Turning his head as his sensitive hearing picked up on the counselor's presence, he cast her a small smile before turning his attention back to his family, still cradling the first baby. "Hold her," he encouraged his wife, "she will know you."

After witnessing her parent's restaurant engulfed in flames, Amelia was still feeling somewhat numb inside. She accepted Aethra from Syvar and held her both close to her as she began to sob. She moved closer to Syvar.

Syvar wrapped his arms around her, drawing her closer as she moved. Turning his head, he cast pleading eyes towards the counselor, though he said nothing.

"I'm sorry to interrupt... Commander, we have some time booked in now to go over recent events with both of you but I'm wondering if you and I need to discuss things alone on this first outing... If you agree?"
Cassie had moved from her vantage point, around the biobed so she was standing on the opposite side to Syvar.

While she had been talking, Amelia had taken one of the babies off Syvar and was rocking her. "Yes, of course, I suppose that would be acceptable," she said as she placed the child gently back in the cot. "I won't be long." she said to Syvar, the turned back to Cassie. "Shall we?"

"Of course. The Doctor has allowed us to use his office, plus its closer than my own!" she turned and took a few steps towards the archway leading to the Chief Medical Officers private sanctuary just off of Sickbay.

Nodding and smiling in encouragement, Syvar remained behind to take care of the infants.