IC Contact (Drift Fleet)

[candothat]

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[passingthrough]

You won't lose it. [She can't offer him romantic love, but the friendship isn't going anywhere.]

I can't really imagine you as a bad friend. Taking time or consideration to keep yourself together won't make you a bad friend.

[candothat]

[As long as they're still friends. Chekov really needs one of those right now. He hasn't exactly become best buddies with anyone in the brief time he's been here, and as great as Kirk and McCoy are, they're superior officers and best friends themselves; there's a distance there, even without over two years in other universes separating him from them.

And Kitty's special, of course. He wouldn't have fallen in love with her if her friendship hadn't been so dear and if there hadn't been so much about her to love.]

I hope that you're right. [He reaches over to touch her arm. A hug would be nice, but maybe it's not as appropriate as it was the first day when she was so excited to see him. The flower might get crumpled, too.] Thank you.

[passingthrough]

Of course I'm right. I'm a genius. [Giving him a fond look before she pulls him into a hug now that his body language isn't reading, "stay back."]

[candothat]

I didn't forget that. [He hugs her tightly. This still hurts a lot more than he thinks it should.]

[passingthrough]

[It's going to hurt as much as it does. No more or less.] Good. So, want the tour of the ship I'm not technically a member of?

[candothat]

[He lets her go and shakes his head.] I don't want to keep you from visiting Winn.

[passingthrough]

[She could protest. Put it off. Winn won't know she's there. She's never sure if it's helping her or making things harder when she does visit, but she also figures it could just be that Chekov needs some space, so she nods.] Well, good luck exploring. Call me if you want to do anything or if you have any questions or anything.

[candothat]

[He doesn't know what he needs except to not be in this universe. The more he thinks about it, the more he wonders if having people who don't remember everything here is better or worse than being surrounded by strangers.] I will, thank you.

[passingthrough]

Sure. [She gives him a little smile and takes a step back before turning around and eventually disappearing into one of the rooms. She wants to believe this can work out. She knows it will be rocky, but she's glad he's here even if she also wants better for him.]