If this is well received, I will be happy to provide the next segment in their adventures. Constructive critique is appreciated as this is a new genre for me to write about.
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She steps into her makeshift office. It wasn't much but in this little alcove of the multiverse, it was hers. The life support systems thrums and beeps in a comforting song as she walks to the corner to her make-do kitchen. She starts the heat pad and sets a kettle of water on it. She promises herself just fifteen minutes of not thinking about how to cast a silver lining on the pall that hung over her crew. Just her, the tea and her favorite cup, all that was left from a life long since left behind. Just for a moment she wants to pretend she is not here in this alcove of the multiverse, but back on the Prime Roku. Her hands hover over the kettle as steam gently trails out. Her sigh is lost in the swoosh of the door opening behind her. Looking over her shoulder as she reaches for a mug, she sees the large shape stalk into her room. Her second. All the tea in the Triton hydroponics system would not calm him. She feels the ire radiating from him like the heat of a thruster, and it was all aimed at her.
She straightens her back and squares her shoulders, readying herself for the earful she was bound to get. She tells him she doesn't have time for him to be a pain in her ass. She makes a point to ignore him and his angry air. Only the creak of his leathers gives her a warning before she is spun roughly around, instinct has her pulling her mug into the spin aiming it for his jaw. A smooth motion has his hand interceding and swatting the mug from her grasp. When she brings her other hand in to play angling a curled hand strike toward the side of his neck he is quick to take both her wrists and hold them as he leans into her. She sneers at him and tugs her hands in toward her body then reverses the movement, shoving him away and stepping aside away from the reach of his long arms. Her eyes sweep the area until she finds her mug, she is determined to have her damn cup of tea. Spying it by her desk she gives a soft sniff she, straightens her tight tunic before leaning down to pick it up.
Just as her fingertips graze the smooth porcelain handle, she feels herself go weightless and flying. Given that he is an entire foot taller than she, it was an exercise in futility when she began to kick backwards in the the general direction of what she hoped was his knees. Then she crashes down onto her desk. Inane thoughts rushed through her mind, berating herself for not cleaning off the desk just for such an unthinkable situation. Then her mind realizes that her breath had been shoved out her body. Something was uncomfortably making an impression in her lower ribcage. She gave a ghost of a hope that it was not the shock gun with the short circuit she had been meaning to tinker with. One large hand holds her down as he tells her if she enjoys being run roughshod over, he was going to enjoy doing it. They were partners after all, to benefit together from all endeavors. She barely registered what he was saying, more concerned with being zapped into oblivion by the shock gun. Her struggles ceased when the sound of a snap and the unmistakable sound of metal caressing leather. A thin pressure rested against the inside of her thigh, her mind races to think of what he had just been saying as she feels it slide upwards, the metal's coolness seeping through her leggings.
Her body stills, knowing that he has exceptional control over his weapons that he keeps at ready condition. She wills her breath to slow, as she is nearly certain the knife is his beloved 21st century brushed titanium boning knife. His gruff voice keeps her attention as he airs his thoughts on the current climate with the crew. She tries to wheeze out an agreement, a promise, anything to get him to let her up. She is stunned into silence when she feels the kiss of the metal against her skin. Without a sound he had fileted open the material that kept her warm against the bases low temperatures. She mentally follows the cold threat as it moves along the curve of her butt before slipping between the fabric and her skin. A light tug, the material falls away and the cool air rushes against her, causing her to shiver. All the while his voice is low and hypnotic, she wants to scream at him but she has seen the damage the boning knife could do with just a flick of his grip.
His heavy voice turns into a growl that reminds of her of a hungry beast. With no preemptive warning, she felt a thick object push into her, for a moment all thought of moving are frozen as she no longer feels the knife against her skin. He wouldn't dare! The object curled inside and was pulled back, only to be pushed back in. Her mind restarts and she realizes it must be his finger ravaging the long unbreached channel. She finds her voice and begins upbraid him as she gripped the opposite edge of the desk in an attempt to pull away from him. But it didn't take even a sliver of his strength to hold her in place with one hand. The offending thick digit continues its onslaught of her, moving with her struggles. Giving up on getting away, she changes tactics, grabbing anything within reach to toss behind her in the hope if she didn't hit him maybe she could distract him. She is shocked into immobility when he finally removes his finger and a resounding clap is heard, followed by a burning on her left buttock. He tells her to be still or he would hurt her. She was concerned about what more he could do to hurt her. Her answer came as she heard the innocent sound of the zip of his fly. No, really, he couldn't dare to do that to her. She became revitalized, and once more attempted to get a way, clawing at the nearly, now, clean desk, leveraging herself to escape forward. She feels the weight of his hand leave her back, then it was slipping into the tangled mess of curls, nearly grasping her by her scalp. He pulls her head back at an angle she is certain is not healthy. She tries to yell out, command him to release her, it comes out as a strangled moan.