captain_jtkirk | .042 - short and simple

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.042 - short and simple

I'm back.

The Barge is still standing, it seems like. That's... nice.

So. How's everyone been? Still in one piece? Shego? Anyone new? Hello. I'm Captain James Kirk. I was here... a while ago.

[ooc; If you know Kirk reeeeeeeally really well, you might notice that he sounds kind of wheezy. It's not Enterprise if Kirk doesn't get injured at some point. And you really don't need both of your lungs, if you think about it. He's been gone for 4 months on his end so he really has no idea how long it's been here.]

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There was an infinitesimal pause for thought. "Point."

Jim nudged her with his foot lightly, because putting forth the energy to sit up and give her a real sign of affection was too much effort. "I really did miss you. Even if you were kind of stupid."

She gave an answering foot-nudge that in all honesty was really more of a light kick.

"Missed you too. Jerk." She bit her lip. "I have one other thing to tell you and then I swear I'm seriously actually done."

"You're not pregnant, are you?"

"Were you always this hilarious? No."

"Great because I'd make a horrible uncle." Jim looked over at her finally. "What were you going to say?"

She frowned. This was really the 'best' of her confessions and she figured Kenzie would tell him eventually anyway, but it was also the most....embarrassing?

"The whole...dinosaur attack...thing. I wasn't just slow or momentarily blind or deaf or anything, I...I was there with Kenzie, it was going to cut his throat, so...I pushed him out of the way. That's how it got me."

Despite the fact that it hurts to do so, Kirk forced himself to sit up and look at her. He smiled at her softly. "Look at you. You're kind of like a superhero again."

She scowled. "It is not. I did it because I felt bad, not because I wanted to do something nice for the guy."

"Shego? Try not to ruin a good thing. You saved a man's life. Take some pride in that."

"Fine, whatever. Just don't call it heroism like my motives were totally selfless."

"My motives aren't totally selfless. I get my kicks out of being the big damn hero because I love the spotlight. You still did something good. You can call it whatever you want. I'm proud of you for it."

Her frown deepened but she chose not to pursue the subject. It had really been more an attempt to get herself hurt - Kenzie had just happened to benefit from it. "Thanks."

And Kirk was just assuming that she felt bad for making Kenzie's life harder as her temporary Warden and so she wouldn't let a dinosaur maul him to death right in front of her. Ah, misunderstandings.

"Seriously no other news, right?"

"No other news." She hesitated very briefly, then qualified that: "No other news relevant to me that was important enough to remember."

"That's good enough for me." He went quiet for a moment and then circled back to something that was clearly bothering him. "Why wouldn't you tell me you had a tribble?"

"It never came up. I mean, do you care that I have a tribble?"

"Not really. So long as it doesn't get fed, obviously. Why'd you keep it this long?"

"I dunno, I like having it around. It's...relaxing."

"Maybe try giving the tribble a good long pet before you decided to take revenge on someone again."

She threw an arm over her eyes. "I know. I will. I don't...look, I can't promise I'm never going to punch someone out for ticking me off but I'm never going to do that again."

"Punching I can deal with. Anything worse than that and you're guaranteed Zero time and whatever else I decide at the time. Got it?"

She nodded once. "Yeah. I've got it. I wouldn't - I can't. Every single time I've told you I'm not some crazy person and - I'm not going to do that to myself again. I won't."

"I believe you, Shego." So don't let him down.

She gave a brief smile. Despite herself, she'd missed there being someone around who actually trusted her when she said stuff.

"Thanks."

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