captain_jtkirk | .013 - lol he still didn't miss you Barge

[Uhura shrugged and, having caught the small smile, didn't take her hand away.] You know that none of the other wardens would have allowed that, Jim. We would have petitioned to have her back.

"You shouldn't have to because I should be here. I'd bet anything that she was half convinced I wasn't coming back."

[She withdrew her hand.]

Jim, stop it.

[Jim immediately put his free hand in his hair and tugged at it.]

"Do you blame her for thinking that? Cause I sure as hell don't. It's frustrating but she has a reason."

Yeah. I do. Because you didn't do anything wrong, Jim. Nothing. [She finished her drink in one quick movement, frustrated.]

"I could've done something better than." [Jim stared down his drink, like he was trying to figure out why he'd been holding out on downing a whole bottle.]

"You're not going to talk me out of feeling guilty."

Then what am I supposed to do? Let you sit here in self pity and guilt? [She shook her head.] You know me better than that.

"Let's talk about something else then. You think Ana's a lot closer to graduating now?"

After what she did for me. Yes. I think she's very close. Very...close. [Uhura smiled a bit.] But I don't know if she'll come back like Paddy did.

"That's good." [Jim finally caved and took a long drink off his glass.] "Honestly yeah, she doesn't seem the type. Would that disappoint you?"

Paddy didn't seem the type to come back, either. I thought he'd stay with his family. [She shrugged.] But no. It wouldn't disappoint me.

"Ana's flightier than Paddy." [She reminded him of himself like that sometimes.] "But who knows. This place is weird for everyone."

It is. [She reached over and put her hand on his again before standing up.]

I'm going to get another drink. [She really just didn't want to think about what would happen when Ana graduated.]

[Jim gave her a slight smile again and finished off the rest of his drink in one go.] "Get me another if you don't mind."

[She came back with what he had been drinking before, as well as another drink for herself. She didn't sit down, though.]

Come on. Let's go somewhere else.

[Jim frowned at her slightly, not entirely sure where she was going with this. But he stood up and took the drink from her.]

"Alright lead the way then."

[She rolled her eyes.] I don't have a place in mind. Let's go up on deck. I just...don't like being in here.

"The pub is great for brooding. Which I am also really great at." [Kirk retorted, sipping at his drink.] "Let's go to the CES instead."

[She looked down to her clothes and snorted.] If it's someplace ridiculously cold, I'm going to blame you for letting me freeze. [She didn't mind the change, though. She just wanted the change in scenery.]

"We'll just have to huddle together for warmth then." [Kirk sort of leered at her, though it lacked a lot of the conviction he usually had.]

[Using her free hand, she wrapped an arm through his.] Sure, Jim. That's what we can do. [When they reached the CES, she used her item to unlock it and stepped back.]

You first.

[Jim wasn't entirely sure if she was up to something. But he did it anyway, looking around at his surrounding curiously. It looked like a forest a night if he was guessing right.]

"Huh. That's weird."

Was it not what you were expecting? [She stepped inside, though she kept her arm through his.]

"I was hoping for a beach. Or an outdoor bar."

You don't always get what you want. [She took a small drink and stepped inside, the leaves crunching under her feet.]

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