hormonal imbalance

[warpfairy]

They study Klingon. They work out a sleep schedule. They approach Betazed.

They are two days away from the system when Isabella notices something - troubling.

She takes longer than usual to compose herself that morning, and emerges from the living quarters with carefully measured steps, and avoids eye contact.

"Do you," she asks Lalita quietly, "have the ability to fly this class of ship?"

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[dream_me_up]

"Okay," he says. "...How about sex, will you be uncomfortable if I have sex with other people?"

[warpfairy]

"I - am okay with it if you really want to," she says after a moment's reflection. "I wouldn't design my ideal relationship from scratch that way, I don't think, but I don't anticipate it bothering me anywhere near as much as promiscuous telepathy would."

[dream_me_up]

"I don't really, really want to have telepathy with anybody but you," he says. "But I really, really want to have a lot of sex, and not always with the same people."

[warpfairy]

"Thank you for letting me know before going and having it."

[dream_me_up]

He smiles crookedly.

[warpfairy]

She aligns the contour of her hand with his jaw and kisses him.

[dream_me_up]

Mmm, kiss. Snuggly feelings!

[warpfairy]

She pulls those snuggly feelings out of his mind into hers and likes them and snuggles their owner.

[dream_me_up]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Feelings snuggles!