A Subtler Message

[Cmdr Ridire 0]

Aidan walks past the Deltan boutique as he makes his way to a small clothing shop just beyond. Not that he didn't have a certain amount of interest in the Deltan boutique...but that was not a place he would ever choose to walk into.

 

He had managed to find sometime to take a break from his duties onboard the Reaent. So he returned to his quarters, changed out of his uniform and into a navy blue silk shirt and a pair of matching slacks. He had no doubt that if he ran into any Reaent crew members onboard the Starbase they would notice him but, still, he didn't want to broadcast himself right this minute.

 

He enters the clothing store and glances around briefly before wandering in the direction of where they keep the dresses. Normally he'd be interested in buying Deb an evening dress, one she could wear if they went dancing or something similar. Right now he just wants to buy her a light summer dress and perhaps one smaller gift that would require a stop in a different store. He looks through the dresses, in his minds eye picturing how Deb would look in them.

 

And truth to tell, examining dresses wasn't the only thing on his mind. Deb had been a little distant since they arrived at the Starbase, well since they started their return to Federation space to more specific. It had taken Aidan all of a day, if that much, to figure out why. Though unlike the previous two times he doesn't want to confront her directly about her letting an old fear have a little too much control.

 

A few hours later Aidan returns to his quarters onboard the Reaent. Deb is still on her shift in Sickbay so Aidan has the quarters to himself...well..not counting Nephtys that is. He sets the two packages he's carrying on the table where she normally sits at meals. He places the smaller package on top of the larger one which contains the dress he bought her. He knows she'll like both the emerald earrings and the dress. He just hope she figures out the message behind the gifts, that he hadn't *poof* disappeared on her. After all, ghosts didn't buy gifts.