Tina had a lot of time to think.

Not a lot of contiguous time. Taking care of Darcy meant stopping whatever she was doing every couple of hours (especially if what she was doing was sleeping, it seemed) to feed her, or change her, or both. But nursing the baby, and changing her diapers, kept her body occupied and her mind more or less free ( Read more... )

( For readers who might need trigger warnings, note that there is discussion of rape under the cut. )

After a nice reunion with Jim, Tina went to the clinic. She wasn't technically on duty, but she wanted to make an appearance anyway and spend some time getting paperwork and other routine tasks taken care of. Those things were going to slide, inevitably, as soon as she took her maternity leave, and she wanted to start from as solid a position as ( Read more... )

Tina's long lunch break was beginning to seem like it had been a terrible idea. Yes, she'd had a tasty sandwich and some ice cream, which had been nice, but she'd also had a conversation with James that left her decidedly unhappy ( Read more... )

Private to Captain James Kirk (kirktastic):

Thank you very much for the thoughtful gift. I appreciate it, and I know Darcy will, too. A memory album will be a wonderful thing for us to look at together when she gets old enough to understand stories about where she came from.

- Tina

Private to Spock (mirroredspockI'm sorry I missed you at the party, but I'm really ( Read more... )

Tina wasn't sure what had just happened with James, other than that she'd managed to destroy another perfectly nice movie-watching experience. She should just stop spending time with him. She knew that. It would be better for both of them. But she couldn't seem to stop responding to the need she saw in him, the same loneliness and frustration ( Read more... )

She'd had a nice outing, and was feeling less overwhelmingly giddy, so Tina came back to her rooms, took a quick shower, and sat down to compose some messages. To her parents, first, she sent a quick video message letting them know about her reassignment. Then she wrote a short note that she sent to most of her friends. Impersonal, but time- ( Read more... )

Private to Spock (sehlatbearI'm not really sure how to ease into this, so: Remember when we talked about your counterpart who is my friend and accidental thought and memory transference? That seems to have happened again. A lot. If you're not busy, I'd really appreciate it if you could sort of take a look at my brain, as it were, and make sure everything ( Read more... )

Private to Spock (mirroredspock):

So. Sorry about that. Are we okay? How are you feeling? I'm fine, and so is Darcy, in case you were worried.

- Tina

Well. She'd exchanged some correspondence with Jim, and actually seen James in person. But even after some Austen via Klingons and a refreshing nap, she wasn't feeling quite brave enough yet to try getting in touch with Spock to make sure they were okay. So that meant she had to suck it up and contact Roger ( Read more... )