Adoption Papers

[Wes Roberts 0]

At Sea Cabin

Starship Revenge, currently docked at the Aegis Shipyard

 

Mai sat at the kitchen table, filling out the forms necessary to adopt one of the orphans. She chuckled, wondering what those who screamed about keeping the Romulan bloodlines pure would have to say about an Orion and her Human husband adopting a Romulan orphan. Although Mai seriously doubted that Mimi would give much, if any thought to it.

 

"Hm...'Parents Professions'. Well," Mai mused aloud, a smile in her voice, "I doubt 'Pirate' and 'Former Slave' would work. I guess "Station Executive Officer" and "homemaker" will have to suffice."

 

As she continued to fill out the form, she thought about the children who Wes shepherded to the Shipyard aboard the Revenge. Part of her wanted to adopt all of the orphans, but it wouldn’t be feasible. Of course, she could always have her husband put a bug in the Prime Minister Trupel to find parents looking to adopt. Considering a portion of the original crew who put down roots on Caledonia had been orphans, bastard children, or former freed slaves, it would make sense Although Mai did have a feeling that SubCommander tr’Jeth would probably urge to squash it, being a stickler for “Romulan Purity,” it seemed. Even if he *was* married to Mimi.

 

But there was one young girl amongst the orphans who tore at Mai’s heartstrings. L’illia, whose azure eyes held such pain and loneliness for one so young. As she put the name down on the form, Mai hoped simply that being brought into the Roberts family would would help soothe the pain L’illia had for those she had lost when Romulus burned.