Adjustments

Posted on Mon Nov 14th, 2022 @ 4:43pm by Commander Antonia 'Tony" Stoffels

Mission: Evacuation
Location: Soran's Quarters

Soran I had woken up about a a few minutes before the alarm and quietly move into the bathroom. He got into the sonicshower and turned it all the way up, he closed his eyes letting listening to the wine of the sonic waves. He could feel waves vibrating his joints and reverberating through his teeth and sinus cavities, he'd always enjoyed a good hypersonic shower in morning. He stepped out of the shower and began heating his shaving soap and stroping his straight razor.

Tony grumped into the bathroom. She was not a real morning person and liked to sleep till the last minute the alarm allowed her. Well snooze at least as she was usually awake before then. With a yawn she shuffled past Ren into the shower and turned it on.

Not a second later he was greeted with a yell. "Ren! What the fuck!"

He heard the high-pitched wine and released he left the shower on the hypersetting. He put the razor down and turned to the shower he reached round her and pressed on button on the controls, the wine turned to a hum. "Sorry."

"You could have warned me!" Hell there were definately some things she did not like about sharing quarters and this had to be high on the list."I must be burnt all over!"

Soran looked her over, "you'll be fine, I hope you didn't bite your tongue."

"Nope." She grumbled. "I should warn you, I don't do mornings well and I like my own little routine."

"Sorry for the shock, when tech checked my shower he told me that unit makes the ones in the brig look gentle. It helps with with my frame of mind." He didn't make eye contact. "Please feel free to program your preferred setting into by shower."

She sighed. "Ren look at me." She waited patiently until he did. "Couples fight. And I will not give up being grumpy in the morning. you can just forget about that. But you don't have to give into me every time as well. You know me. I grew up bickering with the London boys."

"I've no intention to stop taking hypersonic morning shower," Soran smiled. 'I was suggesting that add your shower preferences to the computer, so you don't get a nasty surprise. "

"Hmm that makes sense. And you must do that in my quarters as well. And anything else we can think of that might upset the other." She said from the shower where she was finally starting to relax.

Soran turned back to the mirror and begin lathering his face with the soap, "that's all I have so far."

He began to move straight blade across his cheek, shaving was like a morning meditation for him.

"You know that there are easier ways to do that, don't you. Have been for centuries now." She called from the shower.

"I've prefer a razor, it keeps blade skills in play." Soran explained calmly. "I like to keep the old ways alive."

"Doesn't it take forever? You could sleep at least five minutes more in the morning if you didn't do this." She pointed out as she stepped out of the shower.

"Think of it as self care I organize my thoughts as I... Oh Fuck!" He nicked himself with the razor.

He calmly set the razor down as blood ran down his chin and picked up the dermal regenerator.

"What?" He didn't usually swear in the bathroom so she looked up from were she was dressing herself to see what was going on.

"It's alright it's just a small cut," he said using the regenerator and wiping the blood from his face.

She came over to him and saw the last bit of blood. "Aw Ren. If it is this dangerous then maybe you should not do it. I would hate to see you hurt yourself."

"I don't normally carry on a conversation while shaving," Soran said as looked at the mended cut in the mirror.

"So I should stay silent while you are in the bathroom?" Tony raised an eyebrow not seeing that as something she would enjoy very much.

"Only while I'm drawing a sharp blade down face," he smiled.

"But how was I to know." Tony pointed out. "I was in the shower."

"I'm not blaming you," Soran explained. "This is just another one of those we need to figure out."

"You think it is like this for all couples or is it more difficult because I have never done this before." She looked a little hesitant.

"I'm not easiest person to live with, there will be a lot think to get used to." Soran said quietly. "We don't have to spend every night together at this stage."

"But I am not either. You know a lot of people think of me as the spoiled little general's brat. There is some truth in that. And I don't want to screw this up."

"You really need to stop letting other people decide who you are Love," He smiled. "It honestly doesn't matter if people think you're a brat, it their issue not yours. I honestly don't care what others think of you or me."

"Really? And I am the therapist." She laughed. "I know, I have met some pretty crazy therapists in the last couple of years."

"I pointis we're independent people who are used to being alone, we'll figure this out together."

"I do look forward to that." She said and meant it. "You have to promise to hit me over the head when I start to overanalyze."

"Aright." He nodded

She gave him a kiss on the spot were he had cut himself.

Soran caught her staring at scars on his bare chest; she hadn't pushed him to talk about them. He appreciated that, but with what had happened to her brother and cousins… "You can ask."

"I ... we talked a little about it in the past, in therapy." She said looking at him. "I know you don't like to talk about it."

"Maybe it's time," he said quietly. "I was captured by the Talsions on my way back to the frontline they branded me when they realized I was a Sentinel."

"Oh honey." She said. Tony just wanted to put her arms around him, hold him and take the pain away. "Tell me all you need."

"The torture seemed to be for their own amusement, I don't remember being asked questions.It happened near a turning point in the conflict, the enemy's supplies were running low. They weren't taking many prisoners, they didn't have the resources to hold them." He spoke in a calm almost monotone. "If I hadn't escaped when I did, I probably would have been thrown out of an airlock."

"I...I heard about that interrogation of the klingons. You can't keep something like that a secret on a ship like this. Was that hard for you?"

"I've spoken to Doctrine about that," he swallowed hard. "It was difficult."

She just hugged him now. Not saying anything.

Soran put head on her shoulder and he her tight, he couldn't tell her how he had escaped. "I've tried to leave thar behind me, it keeps coming back."

"You have had a lot of triggers activated the last couple of weeks." She said while brushing his cheek. "That can bring back those memories and for someone with PTSD that is worse than just memories. And it needs to be addressed. Question is, do you want to do that with me, Sky or with both of us?"

"We need to that sky do she job," Soran said quietly. "You can't be my therapist."

She sighed. "I know, you are right. But it is hard. I am glad you are opening up though and I can still listen and hold you."

"Thank you," he whispered.

She just continued to hold him for as long as he needed. Soran kissed Tony's forehead and caressed her cheek.

"Do you have time for coffee?"

"For you always."

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