You are my home

Posted on Thu Oct 31st, 2024 @ 10:19pm by Lieutenant JG Zai
Edited on on Thu Oct 31st, 2024 @ 10:42pm

988 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Stars Around the Well
Location: Sabastian's Quarters | Starbase Two

ON:

Zai held the hot cup of tea in his hand. He had to admit that the last few days had been bliss and he never thought he would feel so at peace. It had been like a long overdue vacation from life, despite just getting release from sickbay. Perhaps the panic incident was his nerves relaxing. There was also Sabastian and a realization that he'd come to just before being released for sickbay.

"You alright?" Sabastian said sitting down next to Zai and drawing him into an embrace.

Zai laid his head on Sabastian's shoulder, his new favorite position. "Yes. Thanks. I hope you don't mind I invited Adrianna to dinner tonight. I want to cook and have a nice meal, and I want you two to get along."

Sabastian smiled. "Sounds good. I do have to run to Engineering soon and take care of something and then I'm all yours. I've arraigned it where there is no interruption for us tomorrow when we are on your ship. I know that you have a lot of errands that need to be done."

Zai gave a nod. "Yes. Are you sure about seeing Alexander with me?"

"I think counseling is a great idea. And it will give me a chance to get to know another friend of yours. After all without her you wouldn't have gotten the idea on how to help your people."

He smiled. "Yeah. I was so glad that the representative came to sickbay for me to sign off on that paperwork."

"Betazoids are very... aware of anxiety and when it was explained to him he didn't fuss or anything."

Zai gave a nod. "Sab...Can I ask you something?"

"Of course, Darling. Anything."

"Are you scared about how this will work when we're apart? I mean we're supposed to get to know one another and ..."

"Darling, we will be fine. I will call you all the time. Trust me you won't have a chance to miss me although I will miss you all the time. I still...feel like this is some sort of dream."

Zai smiled. "Yeah. I get it. I didn't plan on this but it's like my self reflection has been amped up over the last few days. Things are getting serious and I'm starting to look closely at myself."

Sabastian smiled. "That's a good thing. Things are settling and sounds like you've passed through the storm or at leas the worst of it."

"hhmm." Zai said. "There is still much to do." He pulled away to place the cup on the table. "So, what do you want to eat tonight?"

Sabastian thought a moment. "Whatever your heart desires to make...and then I'm going to have all my uniforms altered because the last few days I've eaten better then in all these years."

Zai laughed. "Alright. I'll think of something." He was silent.

"You're doing it again."

"What?" Zai looked at him.

"That thing where you have something to say that you don't think I will like and you go quiet and make the face like you're about to bite into a lemon."

Zai laughed. "It's nothing like that but I would like to ask you something that will probably cause me to turn bright red."

"Your best colour Darling!"

Zai laughed. "I'd like to spend the night together."

"Well we already are aren't we?"

"No I mean the same room, I'm not saying I want to ... you know. But I’d like to sleep in the same bed."

" I'd like that, spending the night together."

Zai smiled. "Then you can spend the night on the ship with me tomorrow since we're on preflight lockdown as of the tomorrow morning. Only Base personnel in and out. It's like I want to spend as much time with you as I can."

Sabastian smiled. "Deal."

"Sab..."

"Yes Love?"

"You feel like home."

Sabastian couldn't have talked if you held a phaser to his head. His throat felt as if he'd swallowed a rock. His eyes filled with tears. He felt Zai's fingers gently caressing his chest.

"I know what you're feeling Sab... I didn't expect this, I didn't expect to see you here, I... You are a surprise that I didn't expect but needed so very much. I'm more certain then ever that I want there to be an us and before we can truly be one I have work to do but if you are okay with being ..."

"A couple." Sabastian whispered his voice horse with emotion.

"Yes, then I want that." He sat up looking Sabastian in the eyes.

“I want you to be your boyfriend. I want to surrender to you because I trust you.”

Sabastian felt a prickling at he back of his eyes. “Yes..” it was all he could say without crying.

Zai smiled and leaned in gently pressing his lips against Sabastian’s.

One kiss turned into several feather light kisses and somewhere in there Sabastian’s mind kicked in and he returned the kisses.

Zai’s hand moved from Sabastian’s chest to cup his face just as Sabastian deepened the kiss.

The chirp of a communicator had them pulling apart, Sabastian leaning his forehead against Zai’s trying to catch his breath. “Damned coms.” He took a moment before he leaned to the left and hit the reply button on the table top panel. “What!”

Zai softly chuckled.

“Um… sorry Chief, everything okay?”

“Yeah. Sorry just got distracted.”

“We’re ready in engineering to begin when you arrive.”

“Okay, on my way.”

“You sound out of breath are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah… was just… exercising.”

“See you soon. Thanks Chief!”

The coms went dead. Sabastian sighed. “Well shit.”

Zai laughed out loud, something he’d been doing more. “You better go.”

Sabastian gave a nod still slightly out of breath he said, “give me a second. I just… need a second.”

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