Wishes at the end of a nightmare

[Cmdr Ridire 0]

Aidan finishes with the report he’s writing and sends it to Starbase 2. That done he spends a few moments yawning and stretching while wondering why the universe seemed determined to give them the most annoying or disturbing missions. During the mission he had repeated nightmares of him and Deb or one of them aged before their time and the ramifications of such an occurrence. And he only had to go talk to any of the Ithaca survivors to see the consequences of what had happened. A ship destroyed, most of the crew dead and the survivors...well part of Aidan would argue that their fate was worse then death.

 

Aidan stands and moves to the door leading from his office to the hall beyond. Well anyways the mission was over and done with except for arriving at Starbase 2 where the Ithaca survivors would be offloaded and helped as much as possible. For himself, Aidan was very much looking forward to the promised leave and going somewhere, anywhere with Deb that didn’t involve anything Starfleet related or anything that reminded him of what had happened or nearly just happened.

 

He entertains the thought of going down to Sickbay and insisting that Deb end her shift early so their time alone could start now. He dismisses the idea, knowing that Deb would insist on doing what she could to deal with the Ithaca survivors and the end of her shift would just have to wait. As such he heads for his quarters where he knows he's going to be alone for a while. Well...unless one counted Nephtys but that wasn't the sort of company he wanted right now.