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[unas]

( she eases him through, touches becoming milder until her hands slip away, arms wrapping back around his waist )

I believed you.

( though there's something to her smile that likes knowing, loves how she can still affect him, how they are together. her head rests against his, content in his arms, just being here with him )

You sure you can't add another few days onto your time here?

( she knows he can't but she asks every time. and regardless of the answer their time would be well spent together )

[whistles_loudly]

[She's always going to affect him like that.]

I can't, but I'll be home in the evenings and the weekends. I might be able to convince Bartnett that I really should work from my office here on Fridays.

[He hopes that'll make it a little better. ]

[unas]

That's a compromise I can work with.

( getting to spend any time with him, especially during the busiest season of cadet intake (it was always busy) was a blessing, though evenings and weekends were a bonus on the weeks they spent apart when he had to fly out )

I found somewhere on my hike today that I should show you, somewhere that'd be nice to sit... take some lunch.

[whistles_loudly]

Sounds like we have a plan for this weekend.

[Make a nice lunch, spend the day out and together. Sounded perfect to him.]

Do you want me to wash your back?

[Because well, now it's her turn.]

[unas]

Wash, massage... I've missed your hands.

( she's missed him and everything about him. but she's not even thinking about getting off yet, she really would love a massage... not that they don't turn into sex after a while )

How about you wash my back and then we don't leave the bed for the rest of the evening.

( afternoon, evening... maybe briefly to get some food but she just wanted to spend the next few hours curled against him, around him, with him in some way )

[whistles_loudly]

You always come up with good plans.

[He was actually going to wash her back, after of course, he kisses the spot where he neck meets her shoulder. Then gets to it, adding a little pressure here and there, but nothing that could actually call a massage. He's saving that for the bedroom]

[unas]

I've had time to think about them.

( someone hasn't been saving cadets, just counting down the days until he was back. though having him back early was nicer.

she turns, grabbing what she needs before reaching it over her shoulder for him )

And you always enjoy them.

[whistles_loudly]

[He gets to work washing her back, taking more time than he needed to lather up her back since she said she missed his hands.]

I do. Smart, beautiful, no wonder why I keep you around.

[It's all in good fun, as she knows that he loves her. Chris rinses her back then kisses her shoulder again.]

[unas]

( god, she loves having his hands on her, how he can find the perfect spot, the tensest part that needs his attention. she always melts in his hands and they haven't even gotten to the best part of it, soft sounds falling from her )

Take me to bed.

( work your magic on her back, relax her perfectly... bring her home )

[whistles_loudly]

Yes, Ma'am.

[He reaches to turn the shower off, then gets out first so he can hand her a towel. Then he wraps his own around his waist.]

[unas]

( she runs it over herself to take the worst of the water off, hanging it back up before finding his hand, leading him to their bedroom.

and stepping in she kisses him, walking backwards as they go, only breaking from him when they reach the bed. laying out on it she pulls pillows closer, getting comfortable to let him work )

[whistles_loudly]

[Pike keeps his towel around his waist for now, and follows Una into their room. Once she's settled, he starts on her shoulders.]

Does anything hurt?

[unas]

Just sore and tense.

( no matter the advice she'd been given over the years it didn't change how una carried herself or her stress, where it sat in her shoulders, knotting until finally she got a little relief. it was neger as bad now without the stress of duty, and a wonderful partner that indulged her in massages, but she had a new stressor now: worrying about him )

[whistles_loudly]

So the usual.

[He knew exactly where she held her stress, and found the first knot pretty easily. The second though, that was proving to be a bit more challenging.]

What were you worried about this week?

[unas]

( the sounds that came from her during a massage were always very telling, little hums when it felt very good, a gasp when he'd hit a knot, the sharper the gasp the tighter the knot.

and that's what he had now, with an added his because this one was a bad knot )

What do I always worry about?

[whistles_loudly]

Me again? It was just cadets this time.

[Cadets and finding out who the captain of the flagship is going to be. But when he tells her that he figures he's going to be buying her months worth of massage gift certificates every time he leaves.]

[unas]

I'll always worry no matter why you leave.

( always had when they were on a ship whether he was on a diplomatic mission or something unknown. the curse of loving him: she worried )

I know you always come back but I can't control what happens to you.

[whistles_loudly]

[he works out the knot, as carefully has he can.]

I will always come back. We still have a lot of wasted time to make up for.

[Then he moves on to the next one.]

[unas]

I think we do pretty good about it.

( they'd served together for five years, four of those as captain and first officer. and she'd loved him for all of that even if she wasn't aware of how deep her feelings had stemmed for a few years )

I never have complaints about what we do when you're here.

( or the nights they get to carve out of she travels to a starbase with him )

[whistles_loudly]

I agree with you. Though you know how I am with evaluations, always room for improvement.

[He switched shoulders and found another particularly tight knot.]

[unas]

( she's not expecting this knot, not expecting how tight this one is and her response is almost pained )

Keep going.

( a reassurance that she's fine despite how it feels. she needs the knot out. it'll be easier now sge expects it, though she does press her face a little more into her pillow to help )

[whistles_loudly]

That's going to be sore in the morning.

[She really was worried, but he did keep going.]

Next time I promise I'll call, even if I don't have time for a longer conversation, just so you know I'm okay.

[unas]

( she bites back that she plans on other things also being sore in the morning. and not just in her )

That sounds nice. Especially for your longer trips.

( and... not only because if he was done for the evening would she make good use of that call )

[whistles_loudly]

[He would not object to not leaving their bed for at least one day this weekend.]

I think I'd have to be doubly sure the comm channel was private for longer trips.

[unas]

I was an engineer.

( which means she'd definitely make sure that channel was private and secure. she's got a few tricks that starfleet hasn't taught her, tricks she's learned since.

when she feels his hands finish over her back she rolls over, holding a hand out to him ) Come here. ( legs part so that he can settle between them, her arm wrapping around his shoulders once he's closer to pull him in, kissing him slow and deep )