I don't mind at all

[lt_n_uhura]

Who: Uhura and Paddy
Where: Paddy's cabin
When: Backdated to last night. Late.
Warnings: Language, probably.

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[christ_onabike]

Paddy was still awake, and just playing on his x-box, trying to relax a little after the dinner shift - and had totally missed the time, especially once he'd cracked open the odd beer. He hadn't expected anyone to come knocking on his door, especially not at this time. At first, he thought it might be Laura, so tossed his controller to the floor quickly, then was a little surprised to hear Uhura's voice.

He pulled open the door, a bottle of beer still in hand and looked at her, a little confused, "What... what's wrong?"

[lt_n_uhura]

Without waiting to be invited, she stepped inside and shoved her hands in the pockets of her jeans. She glanced over to the television and the XBox that was hooked into it, but only filed that away in the back of her mind.

"Um...I..." She looked away from him, very close to tears, but refusing to succumb to them. Of all the stupid, asinine things to cry over, Harper was at the top of that list. And she wasn't going to fall for it.

"I just needed somewhere to go for a while. I...know I'm not supposed to but..." She sighed, losing her fight.

[christ_onabike]

He watched her closely, and didn't quite know what to do. She looked like she was about to cry, and he didn't know why, or what to do about it. He stepped over and put a hand on her arm, "Hell, Uhura, if you're upset... what's happened? What's upsetting you?"

[lt_n_uhura]

The touch on her arm made her turn to look at him and she just gave him a very sad look. "It's just...everything, Paddy. I...don't know what to do with Ana. I don't know if I can help her anymore. Then Parker...now...Harper." Her breath hitched a bit and she swallowed it back. Everything had been building up to this and she just needed to fall apart once. Just once...since she was always the one who was so strong.

"It's like...when Spock left. Only worse, because Harper's still here." She didn't know if she was making any sense, but, in her mind, it was the same. She was in that same place as, when Spock left, she had considered just following him and returning to the Enterprise, forgetting everything that had happened.