[Vimyridge] SD 950425. PL/JL LtCmdr. Wilkinson M.O. & Lt. Reed Sec. "Welcome Home!"

[Cheryl Etchison]

<< Takes place after crew is back  on board and all rumors are squashed. >>

Nick ran a hand lightly over the wall as he made his way down the 
corridor.  His first shift back on duty had been long... arduous...his 
mind going back to the last few hours back on Bajor... he had caught a 
glimpse of Kat... he just hadn't had the chance to say hey yet... so 
here was his chance.  He paused finger hovering over the button before 
he pressed it.

<inside Kat's quarters>

    Kat had 
just emerged from her shower after finishing her shifts hours before, 
she stood for a moment admiring the tan lines she'd had the time to 
invest in. She smirked as she thought of the events over the past few 
weeks.  she'd just gotten dressed when she heard the door chime. "come" 
she said aloud as she moves to the next room.



Nick was leaning against the doorway nonchalantly as the door whisked
 open... holding a bucket of ice on one finger dangling tantalizingly in
 front of him.  A bottle sitting in the ice.  "Thirsty?" he asked, 
giving her that lopsided, half grin of his that only he could pull 
off... grinning like he had never been gone.  And like nothing had 
changed.


Kat's emerald eyes seemed to light up at the sight of a familiar 
face. She raised her brows slightly giving him a smirk. Swallowing hard 
as if suddenly her mouth was a dry as the desert. "hello...handsome." 
she managed with a nod as she moved closer to the door and slowly 
reached out to take his hand. "very" she murmured as she drew closer to 
him.
 
Nick stepped inside letting the door close behind him, taking her 
hand to pull her into a long, deep kiss, pressing the cool metal against
 the small of her back.  After a moment he pulled her back a bit to look
 at her.  "Ah, well, that's good to know," he said, "Myself... I'm a bit
 hungry..." he teased, eyes shifting slightly before he held up the 
bucket, "Can I set this down now so I can open it?" he asked playfully.


   That kiss nearly took her breath away as she pressed fully against
 him a little more as she felt the cool metal against her back. She 
blushed lightly as the kiss broke and he took a good look at her. She 
reached for the bucket "here I'll find a spot for that." she said softly
 while leading him towards her couch. "come to think of it I'm quite 
famished myself." she teased. 
 
The security officer grinned at that, letting her take the bucket and
 lead him to the couch.  "Ah... are you trying to seduce me?" he asked 
in mock defensive.  "Don't think I don't recognize THIS couch..." he 
teased, recalling the first time he made love to her.  After her initial
 attempt to play hard to get.  He chuckled at the concept.


 Kat blushed "who me?" she teased "kinda hard to seduce the willing 
isn't it?" she added as she sat on the couch. "I know you recognize the 
couch and probably a few other places too." she teased again patting the
 spot beside her. 
 
Nick nodded, pointing toward a lamp, "Isn't that where your dress 
landed?" he asked her sitting beside her.  One arm draping over the back
 of the sofa, behind her.  He leaned toward her, coming really close... 
to grab the bottle from the bucket, the plucked up two glasses from the 
bucket as well, he sat back again, shifting to open the bottle and pour 
them the glasses, resetting the bottle in the bucket, and handed her a 
glass


   Kat blushed tilting her head a bit as she looked at the lamp and 
then back at him. "hmm....maybe." she said closing her eyes briefly as 
she took in his scent while  he leaned close to grab the bottle. "you 
mean the dress you laid at the foot of the bed so I'd have to reach for 
it?" she said with a wry grin taking the glass he offered brushing her 
hand against his before taking the glass.
 
"Good idea..." he said as if she just gave him a new idea... Though 
he might have to capitalize this time.  He held up his glass up toward 
her.  "Only thing I can truly think of... to the Vimy Ridge," he said, 
"And returning home..." he said with a wry smile.


  She smirked  knowing he had to be plotting something in that 
devilishly handsome head of his. "Kat raised her glass  "indeed 
.......welcome home....... handsome" she said softly. "so what exactly 
is it you were hungry for?" she asked as if she didn't already know. 



Nick grinned all the wider.  "Well... gorgeous..." he said, his voice
 in a low rumble as he slid closer, "If you'd like to skip the 
formalities of that, I'm sure we could.." he said slyly.  Some may think
 Nick would have a lot of nerve for the way he had treated Kat before he
 had left... then returning to pick up where he had left off before that
 had happened... but it was his self confidence, perhaps... his charm...
 his looks... that allowed him to pull it off.  "..Because you know what
 I'm hungry for... that's a dangerous question to ask... I'm hungry for 
you..." he said.

Kat blushed moving closer to him and sliding her arms around him 
 fully taking in his oh so familiar scent.   There he was the man she'd 
 played hard to get  with  and made love to on numerous occasions, and 
not the man who'd left the ridge a few months ago. "what formalities, 
we've never needed them before " she teased.  "I knew it was dangerous  
to ask that .......you'll find that......I'm just as hungry for you." 
she murmured moving closer brushing her lips against his before kissing 
him. She broke the tender kiss moving back from him just a bit to really
 look at him, "I can't help but think you being right here is nothing 
but a dream." she said softly."but you're right here I feel 
you..............and god that scent ." she said moving to kiss his neck.
 That was something about him she'd never  mistake. "prove to me I'm not
 dreaming this, Nick" she murmured. 

Nick smirked, "I can't prove that..." he said after a moment, his 
features becoming a bit more somber.  He brought his finger under her 
chin, drawing her face up to his.  "Especially when you know what I'm 
about to do... something only you could dream of..." he warned, kissing 
her a bit more deeply, hungrily.


    Kat lost herself in that kiss for a moment  while in her mind 
events from before he left surfaced. She moved one hand to his chest 
gently pushing him back. . Reluctantly breaking the kiss, she reached up
 and slapped him .  "how could you?" she said realizing she was still a 
bit mad at him.
 
Nick smiled at her widely as she slapped him.  "You really know how 
to turn a man on..." he teased, "But... how could I what?" he asked her 
after a moment.


   "what do you mean what?...... before you left and.." she mumbled 
mixing her words unsure of how to say it. "I felt like a door mat, 
Nick."  she said  "I know what we are to each other but....." she 
stopped again figuring he knew exactly what she meant.
 
Nick sighed at that.  "Oh... that..." he added, "Had business to take
 care of, it's taken care of... No one'll be sending anymore people to 
get to me again... so I don't have to keep my distance," he told her.  
"Besides, distance breeds fondness, don't it?" he asked her, reaching 
out to let a hand trail along her knee, that devilish grin ever present.
   

       Kat  looked down as she remembered that day in fact it had 
nearly been a year since it happened. "I'm glad to hear that." she said 
"I couldn't stand you keeping your distance from me...I thought I'd done
 something .....and have wanted nothing more than to be back to this." 
she said softly reaching for the hand on her knee. 
 
He smirked even deeper.  "Than don't question the change, rest 
assured, it won't happen again," he pointed out, leaning forward to kiss
 her once more if she didn't stop him.

   "you promise." she 
murmured leaning equally as close slowly brushing her lips against his 
before allowing the kiss to progress. She slowly slid her arms around 
him breaking the heated kiss for a moment  "I have but one thing to ask 
of you." she murmured against his lips. "Nick, this time please take me 
to bed." she murmured again adjusting herself to press more fully 
against him.
 
Nick scowled lightly, "Don't make me make any promises... I tell you it 
won't, trust me enough to know I'll always do what I feel is right... I 
say it won't happen again, that's as good as any promise..." he told 
her, then he smirked at her request...  "The bed...?" he asked her, then
 shifted, holding her in that same manner, so when he stood, she'd still
 be against him.  "The bed is usually reserved for more intense... 
relationships..." he said as he moved to the bed with her.  "...Though I
 suppose it'll never get as intense as you and me..." he murmured 
against her.  She knew this was it for them... Just friends... with a 
ton of benefits...

    "I forgot for a moment there that you've 
never made a promise." she said softly. "I do trust you, you know.." she
 added as they moved from the couch. She gave him a nod about the bed 
and then blushed a deep shade of red giggling. "we're definitely 
intense." she said as
 she remembered the heat between them during the last time they'd made 
love. "and I wouldn't trade what we have for the boredom of monogamy 
again .....I've had that ....this my friend and lover is so much 
better." she murmured as they moved to the bed.

-------Respectfully Submitted---------

LtCmdr. Katerina Wilkinson
Med. Officer
USS Vimyridge

&

Lt. Nick Reed
Sec
USS Vimyridge



      
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