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[ensigntanner]

after this, this and this...

*has wandered the length and breadth of the ship, just letting feet (and mind) go where they will*

*has ended up at own quarters*

*stares at door for the longest time*

*keys code*

*opens to darkness*

*enters*

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[mrostov]

*had washed his face after crying*
*is still in bed, emotionally exhausted, dozing*

*somehow hears the door opening and closing*

[ensigntanner]

*walks in*

*door closes behind, plunging the room back into near total darkness*

*had noticed lump in bed before door sealed*

*strips*

*crawls slowly under the covers*

*finds Michael with his hands*

*pulls himself over til every bit of his body is pressed up against him*

*begins to shake*

[mrostov]

*is awake again*
*feels someone coming into the bed*
*knows well it's Stephen, just by the smell of his aftershave and the form of his hands touching him*

*is pulled towards Stephen, feels his fiance pressing close to him, trying to have every inch of their bodies touch one another*

*feels Stephen starting to shake*

Stephen?

[ensigntanner]

*hears Michael whisper his name*

*can't speak yet*

*burrows deeper in*

*buries face into the junction of his neck*

*shakes harder*

[mrostov]

*rocks downward, seeking Stephen by feel only*

*finds his lover's face*
*feels a wetness on his cheek*
*moves in closer, licks that wetness off him, recognizing the salty taste of tears*

*whispers* Tell me, love.

*licks further downward, never letting his hands leave any part of Stephen's body, talking along the way*
Tell me what happened, Stephen... I love you... Whatever it is, we can solve it... I know we'll find a way...

[ensigntanner]

*feels Michael's mouth move across skin, a mirror of his own worship*

*feels himself curling up in on Michael, pulling himself back to the only centre that is ever stable*

*seeks out Michael's face with hand and mouth*

*kisses it blindly*

*whispers*
help me

[mrostov]

*feels Stephen seek out his face, being kissed blindly*

*whispers*
help me

*in a low voice* I will. Tell me what you want me to do.

*feels out for him in the dark, kisses him back softly* I love you, Stephen. I'll never leave you.

[ensigntanner]

*feels his whole body begin to shudder as it reacts to Michael's words*

*begins to kiss Michael, blindly and frantically*