[Too Cool Verse - Because It's Been Too Long]
Nyota wasn't supposed to be sitting alone in her quarters drinking yet another glass of red wine. In fact, she wasn't supposed to be alone at all, but Leo was spending the night in sickbay again, which meant that their plans to have dinner and actually spend some time together were postponed. She'd told him that she would wait in his quarters, but as time passed she decided she'd rather be in her own. She could message Chrissy or Scotty, but at the moment she didn't feel like seeing anyone. Even though she needed and wanted to sleep, it was almost impossible without him there. Time spent sleeping beside each other was really the only time they had together these days, and there wasn't nearly enough of it.
I need to learn to sleep on my own again, she thought morosely, because at this rate she was going to end up too exhausted to actually function. Glancing at the bed she barely spent any time in did nothing to lift her mood. They normally slept in Leo's quarters, and the idea of sleeping alone in her bed again was not at all appealing. She had a PADD in her other hand, and with a sigh tried to get her mind to focus on reports instead of Leo. He'd become such a fundamental part of her life, but M'Benga's illness meant that they were lucky to have even a few waking minutes together. They'd both always been busy, but before they still had time to be together. Nothing could make her stop loving him, but she was frustrated and tired, and she missed him terribly.
I need to learn to sleep on my own again, she thought morosely, because at this rate she was going to end up too exhausted to actually function. Glancing at the bed she barely spent any time in did nothing to lift her mood. They normally slept in Leo's quarters, and the idea of sleeping alone in her bed again was not at all appealing. She had a PADD in her other hand, and with a sigh tried to get her mind to focus on reports instead of Leo. He'd become such a fundamental part of her life, but M'Benga's illness meant that they were lucky to have even a few waking minutes together. They'd both always been busy, but before they still had time to be together. Nothing could make her stop loving him, but she was frustrated and tired, and she missed him terribly.