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[She borrows his smitten smile at the way he responds.] Are you going to be able to get back to sleep if I manage to get you to the couch or bed?

[ it looks better on her anyway. ]

Nope, sorry, you're stuck with the babbling for now.

[She kind of loves the way he looks in it though.]

I'm kind of into the babbling. It's what I signed up for. I wanted the whole package.

That is an alarming use of past tense.

[ doesn't he just looked alarmed? his bratty smile is positively terrified! ]

Do you want to correct my grammar or kiss me, handsome?

When you put it like that --

[ definitely kissing ]

I hope all this kissing doesn't make you think I don't really like the babbling. [She's kidding but also...yeah. That would be sad if the thought that. She likes talking to him.]

Noting that you really like the babbling.

[ kissing again. he knows she likes talking to him, but sometimes the nonsense that comes out of his mouth frustrates him. he knows how everybody in his life before the fleet reacted to it, and it's hard for him to believe that no part of her reacts the same way. ]

[She definitely prefers the real talks to just the babbling although that can be very cute. Maybe the honeymoon phase of things he does being endearing will end one day, but it hasn't yet. But when she really gets to see what's going on inside his mind she feels more connected to him. And yet she doesn't mind continuing the kiss when he re-initiates. She leans in closer.]

[ if it ever ends he will be absolutely horrified, because the babbling kind of happens...a lot, and he can't control it no matter how much he wishes he could sometimes. it's part of who he is.

he tangles his fingers in her hair and smiles into the kiss. ]

[She's confident he has nothing to worry about. And when this kiss breaks she nuzzles against him, savoring the closeness more than looking for the hotness.] Tenno and Ordis are gone. [Windrose crewmates. Two of the last to come aboard and the first to leave in awhile.]

[ he wishes he could share her confidence but if only one of them gets to be sure about that, he definitely prefers it be her. ]

Kitty, I'm sorry. [ pulling her in for a hug. he doesn't know if she's especially close to them in particular, but he knows how they both feel about their crews, they're their home. ]

[She hugs back because hugging is always good. But she also wants to keep him from worrying too much.] I didn't really get to know them as well as I should have. [She liked them both. Felt like they fit the crew well. But she was just on the Tourist so much or the planets depending on where they were.]

It does mean I'm back to the only pilot for the Windrose. [And that isn't the worst thing. The ship is going to stay on course with the Marsiva whether she's there or not, but she'd rather be there more.]

[ he was only starting to know ordis, but he liked him. he was funny.

he strokes her hair as he holds her, nodding. he knows where this is going, and he understands, he understands responsibility all too well. if the tourist needed him professionally he would find it hard to stay on the windrose for his personal reasons. and yet, staying away from the tourist every night would be a hard pill to swallow if that's what's needed - he loves nighttime on the tourist. most of the ship is awake and encounters happen that can't happen at any other time. plus, he feels safer there than he does anywhere else - he's completely surrounded by friends and loved ones on that ship. but he doesn't think she's going to ask something that extreme of him - probably just more of a leaning towards staying on the windrose, right? the tourist doesn't have a pilot at all, and they manage fine. well, they'll make it work either way. ]

Better get some stuff together while I'm still awake.

[She gives him a squeeze, happy he understands. She knows it's a little silly since some ships don't have a pilot at all. In fact, she's always been glad to be around the Tourist just in case they need one.] But we'll stay here tonight. Maybe you can actually catch up on some sleep, you party animal you. [She hopes this every night.

She just wants to weight their nights a little more at the Windrose. She wouldn't ask him to leave the Tourist completely.]

[ he understands silly better than anyone. it's his native tongue.

he smiles, happy that she too seems to understand his concerns. ]

Wanna move this party to bed? [ nuzzling. he released a lot of nervous energy in the weeks leading up to the party and then in the party itself. it was crazy amounts of work, but he needed it, it was like a reboot to his fleet experience. ]

[It was a great party. She thinks a lot of them needed that.]

Why, Mr. Schott, are you trying to seduce me? [She smiles at that nuzzling and presses a chaste kiss to his neck.]

Do or do not, there is no try.

[ in his yoda voice. ]

I'll even let you turn off the lights. [ a pause. ] Wow that sounded way different in my head. [ more I'm brave and less I'm ashamed of my body. shaking his head, ah well, she said she wanted the babbling. ]

That might have been less seductive than you imagined. [Possibly even less than she's thinking if she'd known the reference. She kisses the tip of his nose.]

I understood what you meant. The second time. Not so much the first.

Why don't you show me how it's done then, sensei.

[ he would find her talking to him in a yoda voice very attractive, just saying. ]

Do you think you're ready for that? [She smiles and pushes herself up off the floor to stand.]

[ extending one hand towards her for help, he uses the other to push himself up ]

I was born ready. [ that doesn't work here does it. ah well. ]

[She laughs and loops her arms over his shoulders once he's up to slide in and kiss him.] I'm not sure baby me was as ready as you were.

We'll just have to make up for it now. [ he wraps his arm around her waist in return, smiling. ]

I wonder how Kara feels about having to knock on her own office door. [Leaning in for one of those make-up kisses.]