Uncoventional Romance

Wow thought Reneé as her heart bet like a phaser repeater. She found it hard to suppress a soft moan that slipped past her lips. Clearing her throat she batted her eyelids as she fought up words.

“Commander, do you introduce yourself like this to all the new officers?” she managed through her small gasps.

She was begging to allow herself to surrender to Miko. Reneé fought with herself, primal arousal against logic and a sense of duty. There was no exactly subtly in Miko's offer, she was sure of that. Still Reneé managed to keep her head. Even if she allowed Miko to continue to touch her intimately

“Commander Hayakawa” began Reneé in a more formal tone “I'm stationed on this ship for one job and one job only; to lead these marines and ensure the safety of yourself, this ship and this crew. While I'm flattered at the offer of more casual 'introductions' since it's been a while since an attractive woman has actually made a pass at me and one with such authority that already boosts on the previously mentioned attractiveness but..”

Reneé caught herself from going on about qualities of Miko that Reneé found inciting and decided to keep it to a professional tone. “So I must decline...” her hand settled on her CO's rear as she gave a gentle squeeze.

“My mind is always open for changing” she added with a teasing grin.

Making no effort to suppress the moan fighting to escape her mouth, Miko placed her hand of top of the Reneé had placed on her rear, her grip carefully nudging on the Marine to tighten her squeeze. She returned her teasing grin with a sheepish smirk, gently twisting her head in order to poistion her mouth near the Major's ear.

"I've been known to change people's minds quite dramatically," she whipsered softly, contiuing to caress Reneé's hips while savoring the warm feeling of the Marine's breath on her neck. It was with no small difficulty that she suppressed her mouth's attempts to start running all over the side of Reneé's face.

"But if you insist on a little professionalism for the moment, I can wait. Maybe see how you feel after a little meal, when I'm not still pissed off at the helmsman." Miko twisted her head to lock eyes with Reneé once more, leaning her lips in close enough to crush them against the Marine's with ease for a fraction of a second, then pulled back once more. "Though as Commanding Officer, I'd like to make it clear that it's my perogative to be on top."

Her hands drifted up from Reneé's hips to her back and pulled their bodies tightly together, legs now hopelessly intertwined. "Do you think that's going to be a problem?"

Giving a tighter grip on Miko's ass, Reneé's stomach began to backflip with anticipation. Just the whole situation set Reneé on fire between her thighs. She was actually close to begging Miko to satisfy her to end the tension that had begun to coil within her.

“Trust me Commander, there is nothing more I want right now than you on top of me” admitted Reneé as she blush after surrendering that information.

Usually Reneé was the dominant one with any gender but Miko had brushed aside that confidence and now she was weak at the knees as if under a spell. Reaching up to Miko's neck she planted soft small kisses above her collar and up to her ear.

“Forty minutes?” asked Reneé “I think that's enough time to break me in, wouldn't you say?” she added in a rather hungry tone.

Giving Reneé no chance to change her mind, Miko immediately began dragging her along the wall, crushing her lips against the Marine's as she searched along the bulkhead for a door release. Finally stumbling along one after several moments of fumbling, she opened the door and shoved Reneé inside, momentarily releasing the woman to lock the door behind them.

Swiveling back to Reneé, Miko found the woman crawling onto the bed, having already determined from the complete lack of any personalization that they were in an unoccupied-IE safe for intimacy-guest quarters. Smirking endearingly, she jumped on the Marine and locked mouths with her once more, hands drifting down to bottom of her shirt.

It was fairly easy for both of them to remove each other's tops, leaving the two women naked from the waist up. After several more minutes of passionate kissing, Miko twisted around onto her back, quivering with immense arousal as she positioned herself to allow Reneé to easily fulfill her desire to be on top.

The feeling of Miko's lips against her own sent Reneé into a frenzy which was only fuelled further by her dominating position over Miko in the bed. Biting her lip she lay to the right of her to let her hand wander up her inner leg slowly as she kissed along Miko's jaw line.

In Reneé's mind there was little doubt of what was going to happen however she found it odd that it would happen under an hour of her being on the ship. She had made up her mind already; she was going to like it here.

Moving her lips over Miko's once more her hand crept into Miko's trousers, working it's way between her thighs before letting her fingertips coax and tease. Reneé gave her throe of passion a grin, before locking lips again and continuing the motion of her fingers.

"I thought I was going to be the one to be under you..." purred Reneé

"Well, if you want me up there so badly," Miko managed to say in-between hungry kisses, "I'm happy to oblige."

Her arms were shaky as all hell from excitement as she traced one hand down Reneé's soft, naked back, the other firmly resting on the hand she had wriggles under Miko's underwear, ensuring that it continued to add more fuel onto the raging inferno between her thighs.

Twisting around to lie on top of the Marine, Miko's free hand glided down to Reneé's underwear band and began to slowly lower her pants, pulling them down to the point that her foot could twist up and finish the job. Reneé instantly returned the favor, pulling down Miko's underwear and pants at once in an enticing one-up.

What little clothing remained came off with an astounding ease, finally rendering both women completely naked. The intense excitement sent Miko's general situational awareness to the depths of hell, instinct taking over as the extreme passion of the moment overwhelmed her, events blurring together from careful observation of every little movement and exploration to a flurry of kissing practically every inch of skin on way other's bodies, limbs entwining in ways one would not generally assume possible, and fingers and tongues making their way into every orifice available.

Things finally began to slow to a pace at which the observation of details became possible shortly after a massive euphoric explosion occurred in her lower body. With breaths heavy as a durasteel bulkhead and an immensely satisfied expression on her face, Miko crawled farther up the bed and slightly away from Reneé, triggering the marine to grab the Asiatic woman and force her down again.

Miko submitted and allowed Reneé to climb on top of her back and lay several exasperated kisses on her neck, panting like a dog from the satisfying exhaustion. Breathless, she finally managed to moan out, "Pardon the.... The obvious pun... but that was fucking spectacular."

Running her hands up Miko's exposed back with deep, massaging movements Reneé gave a wide grin. "I'm glad you liked it..." she purred as she worked her soft, pale hands onto the skin she found under them.

"Usually I make people work to get me in bed, very few get a shotgun ride. Course it's the ones that perform well that get repeat performance with me..."

Continuing her kisses Reneé's lips met Miko's ear. "And you performed wonderfully..." she cooed amorously. Miko had performed rather well, the evidence was in the small beads of sweat rolling down Reneé's breasts and her still quick-beating heart. Alternating between kissing and massaging Reneé knew this would all be over, that Miko would have to go to the bridge and Reneé to the marine deck. She wondered if her commanding officer would take her up for another bout or make something more of this however she doubted the latter very much.

Keeping up her massaging Reneé sighed softly "Do you really have to go to the bridge today? I mean...you must have another officer to take care of things on the bridge as you relax."

Moaning softly from Reneé's gently massage, Miko twisted her head around to kiss the marine's cheek before responding softly, "I wish. Launch is today, don't have a whole lot of choice about showing up." 

She strained to find a chronometer hung on the wall, discovering that they had been at this for twenty minutes, leaving another ten before she had to get out of here. Much less time than she would have liked, but it was something at least. 

Sighing with both contentment from Reneé's and sadness that this would end, Miko twisted around to lie face-to-face beneath her. Both hands reached up brush along her hairline down her face, going behind her ears and stopping where her shoulders met her neck. With a slight tug she brought Reneé's head down to her own level and kissed her once again, pressing down so that she lied with chest pressed against Miko's.

Still sporadically pressing her lips against Reneé's, Miko decided that it was probably a good idea to learn a little more about the woman she was suddenly having an extremely passionate relationship with. "So..." she whispered softly, tracing her finger oh-so-slowly down Reneé's chest, "You normally this eager to fuck your CO's, or am I a special case?"

Giving a look of mock offence Reneé shook her head. "Actually you're the first CO I've had, so count yourself lucky." she said adding a wink. "Guess you just swept me off my feet." she added.

"What about you? Is this how you get your officers to follow your orders or is it just cause you were bored?" asked Reneé giving a sly smile as Miko's finger gliding along her skin.

Raising herself so the finger could continue it's projected path Reneé looked back at the face of the officer under her. "In any case, why me?"

"Not normally this eager to jump in my senior staff's collective pants," Miko replied softly as she pulled Reneé closer, "But I always had a soft spot for redheads. Especially when they're high-ranking, slender and have a refreshingly blunt attitude."

Finally reaching Reneé's waistline, Miko's hand glided fluidly along her skin and rested on the Major's hip, caressing her much in the same way as when they first met-all of twenty minutes ago. Taking advantage of how much shorter she was than Reneé, Miko curled up slightly and started gently kissing her chest, rubbing the top of her head against the marine's chin as she did.

"Do I fall in line with your taste in women?", She purred quietly while her lips were lifted from Reneé's chest, "If not, I'd love to know exactly what got us into this bed."

Moaning soflty at Miko's caress Reneé tried to keep her mind on topic rather on her hand. "I'm glad I get you all fired up..." offered Reneé, still giving slow, pleasure filled gasps.

"Maybe it was your take charge and somewhat dominating attitude. Looks certainly came into it, you're beautiful but with a wild look about you." she explained. "I don't think you see it yourself but you're breath taking, more ways than one. So don't be surprised how easily it was for you to seduce me...usually I play my cards close to my chest."

Miko stopped kissing Reneé's chest out of sheer surprise, looking up at her with an expression of genuine shock on her face. Her mouth opened as if to say something, but all she could do was lay there agape, cheeks flushing to a shade of red brighter than Reneé's hair.

The names and terms various people had used for Miko ran a huge gamut, but were generally quite insulting. So many people had considered her a wild-faced, irritating, downright ugly bitch of a woman that Miko had become numb to insults. But... beautiful? Seductive? 

Compliments were so unheard-of that she simply had no idea how to respond. After nearly a full minute of staring with her mouth agape, Miko finally recovered from shock enough to reassert her grip on Reneé's back, pulling her close as she rested her forehead on the marine's chest.

"Thank you..." was all she could mutter, still shocked at the idea that anyone could be genuinely nice to her. Her caressing continued, but her mouth remained slightly open, unable to move after thanking Reneé.

Giggling at the effect of her words Reneé was somewhat confused at the shock etched on Miko's face. "What? What did I say?" she asked, slightly puzzled.

Reneé wasn't a councillor but she had a gift of seeing things in others that they themselves couldn't. So when Reneé's hand ran through Miko's black, unkempt hair and her lips touched her cracked skin Reneé saw someone in pain, true pain. What happened wasn't an act of pity, but of compassion and of simple, raw attraction.

She wanted Miko to know that she was here for her, even if her duties didn't cover it but Reneé always put herself on the line for others. Emotional pain aside she found Miko's early advances exciting and thrilling. Usually all she got was lame lines on the colour of her hair than barely merited any thought but Miko had gambled and taken what she wanted, which was the red head above her.

One had to admire that kind of spirit. "Don't look so shocked...you've won me, I'm sure some bragging rights come along with that kind of victory." offered Reneé, stroking the back of Miko's neck.

"Uh.... yeah. Definitely, it's just...." Miko trailed off, not sure what she was even trying to say. Shock continued to paralyze her, arms locked around Reneé's waist as she desperately tried, and failed, to find something to say.

The feeling of Reneé's hand sliding down her neck only caused Miko to become depressed about how quickly this had gone south. Her own inability to take a compliment had thrown a large enough speed bump into what had otherwise been a wonderful encounter to completely ruin the entire thing. It was truly on of Miko's primary talents to destroy nice moments, wasn't it?

Sighing despondently, she finally forced a hand up to gently stroke Reneé's hair, pushing her body up high enough to kiss her again. Miko kept her lips back, however, silently staring down at the pillow instead of locking eyes with Reneé. As nice as this experience had been, all she could think of now was getting out of here.

It wasn't that she had taken offense at Reneé, or didn't appreciate how sweet she had been-quite the opposite, in fact. Rather, Miko felt and underserving of any true compassion from another sentient being that she just wanted to run away and bury herself in work.

The source of this self-depreciating attitude was hard to pin down-maybe it was all her mothers insults and beratings, or perhaps it was the guilt constantly racking her since Erin's death. Or maybe it was just an extension of her complete lack of self-worth. Whatever the case, her euphoria now turned to guilt as she worried that Reneé's time was now being wasted as they lay embraced with each other.

Biting her lip Reneé could see something was bothering Miko, she didn't know what but something had somehow deadened her sense of passion as the woman in her arms frowned.

Slipping away from Miko, Reneé began to get dressed while still looking at the woman who had made her a conquest, or had Reneé made Miko her conquest...regardless she looked at the Commander and gave a warm smile.

"Don't tell me if you don't want me to know" she said softly "If you feel you want to talk, spend time together...anything...come find me."

Feeling that there was nothing she could say and feeling slightly awkward at the hanging silence, once Reneé was dressed she unlocked the door and left the room. Though before leaving Miko alone on the bed she gave a warm grin and a wink. "Remember, I'm here for you" she said before making her way to the Marine Deck.

Miko merely stared down at her chest as Reneé dressed herself, almost unphased by the warm smiles and wink the marine was giving her. She wanted to speak up and ask her to stay, to not go anywhere, but her mouth remained firmly shut, words unable to escape layers of guilt and depression.

Curling up her chest to her knees, she began reaching for own clothes as Reneé left, wondering just what the hell she had done. Just out of the blue, for no other reason than a surface attraction to her looks and attitude, Miko had jumped into a woman's pants. Running both hands through her hair, a single thought ran through the Commander's mind-What the fuck is wrong with you?!

She knew nothing about Reneé besides a name, rank and...  shit, that was literally all she knew about her. Miko wasn't even sure what the woman's species was-Human? Betazoid? Hell, she might even have been Deltan, in which case she'd be clinically insane in short order. 

Sighing despondently, Miko pulled on her shirt and walked over to a mirror and sink, resting both hands against the counter as she stared at her reflection. What fuck are you doing? Jumping a woman who you don't even know? Sure, she was hot, but come on, are you that desperate? God, you're such an idiot.

"Chief Harriman to Commander Hayakawa."

Miko jumped back several feet as the Chief's voice interrupted her self-depreciation, blinking rapidly for several seconds before tapping her combadge to respond. "Hayakawa here."

"Ma'am, our port nacelle is experiencing a structural issue, and Engineering is going to need another half hour to make some repairs."

"Oh..." Another half hour in dock. It was time she could spend actually doing her job rather than jumping random women while on duty.... or spend with Reneé. "Thank you, Chief."

She closed the channel without a second thought, drifting outside as she pondered what to do next. She could hunt down Reneé and find a nice, private place to explain what her sudden shift in behavior had been caused by, and maybe get to know a little more about the striking redhead. Or she could go up to the bridge and wait for her senior staff to assemble, playing the part of the proper, dutiful officer for once in her life.

In any other situation, her choice would have been the former without question. Now, however, doubt was rapidly setting in, racking at her nerves to the point that she simply sighed and shuffled over to a turbolift, ordering it to the bridge. Once inside she slumped against the side of the cabin, mentally berating herself for the lack of courage that now drove her to run away from a perfectly good opportunity to talk to Reneé.

In any other situation Miko would have selected the former without a second thought, but now.... now she wasn't sure. How would that look, running down to the Marine Deck and begging Reneé for a chance to explain her behavior? How would she react to finding out just how pathetic Miko's life had been?

Stepping into a turbolift, her mind and stomach swirled with confusion, two parts of her fighting for control of her voice. Several long minutes of internal warfare proceeded before one side finally won out, forcing her to issue a single command to the computer.

"Marine deck."

There, she'd done it. The turbolift was now speeding to where Reneé would be. Any attempt to retract and head to the bridge now would only make her look like a coward on top of a generally useless human being. She rubbed her hands together nervously, shaking with fear at just how in the hell she was going to handle this situation.

The door opened after a short trip to reveal the least busy area of the deck, relatively free of any Marines rushing about in preparation for launch. Miko brushed a few strands of hair around her collar to block anyone from seeing her rank pips, hoping to avoid anyone who wanted an audience with the commanding officer. It seemed to be a decently effective tactic-no one stopped her as she headed directly for Reneé's office.

Stepping inside, she found the Major working through one of a dozen padds on her desk, looking up in surprise as Miko entered. Trembling slightly from nerves, the Asiatic Commander closed the door behind her and sat down in front of Reneé, taking a deep breath before starting her explanation.

"When you said I was beautiful, I, uh.... it... it was the first time someone ever really gave me.... well, and honest compliment. I mean, people have said nice things to me before, to make me feel better, but... you were sincere. I could just kind of feel in your hands, when you were stroking my hair while you said it, that you meant it...."

She trailed off and locked her gaze with Reneé's, the seductive sparkle once in her eyes now replaced with grief and despondence. "Am I making any sense?"

Placing the current padd that was in her hand onto the desk Reneé stood up. "Computer, lock door"

A chirp confirmed the order, Reneé gave Miko a sad look before sitting on her lap and stroking her face. "Perfect sense...Miko...I let you have be because I though you were amazing. Your forwardness...your desire for me. It created a spark for you in me. I'm not saying I'm madly in love or anything but...I have a deep attraction for you. For good or ill."

Giving Miko's cheek a kiss Reneé stroked her face attentively "What do you want me as...lover? Friend? Advisor? I said I was here for you and I'll stick by your choice. Hell you can even say that just earlier was a one off...but be honest with me. What do you want me as? Tell me"

Miko slipped her arms around Reneé, almost hugging her as she struggled to dig up a response. "I don't know..."

Honestly, Miko wasn't sure what she wanted. She was lonely, that much was certain, and she definitely wanted something more than a one... twenty minute period stand. But in what way did she want to have Reneé? As a girlfriend? Just a friend? Something even less than that? Every organ in her chest seemed to swirl with confusion. 

"I... just...  I just want you to care about me." It finally came blurting out, and Miko felt a bit relieved as she spoke the words. "I haven't had anybody care about me in years, and that time..."

She whimpered as a sharp pain formed in her gut, the memory of Erin's suicide-a needless death Miko was certain she had caused-came slamming back into her mind. Burying her face in Reneé's shoulder, she struggled to speak in between whimpers of misery and guilty agony. "I hurt her. I hurt her so bad that she's.... gone. And I don't want to do that to you, but... I don't want to... Keep being alone...."

Kissing Miko's forehead she sighed softly "Of course I care about you Miko..." she said smiling honestly. Running her hand through Miko's hair, Reneé felt nothing but compassion.

She wasn't sure who Miko was referring to but Reneé figured she would open up when she felt it was time to. "You won't hurt me...I'm tougher than I look. You'd think after that tussle you'd see I can handle anything you give." said Reneé with a grin.

Gently cupping her hand under Miko's chin she make her look upwards so that Reneé could offer a deep kiss on her lips. Breaking the kiss she placed hand over Miko's heart. "Now you're not alone"

Nothing escaped Miko's lips as she stared into Reneé's eyes, meekly laying a hand on top of the one the Major had placed on her heart. Her mind was screaming at her to analyze every little detail of the redhead, to find the scrap of evidence that this was all just some sick joke or trick for her own amusement, but the search for deception only led her to what was easily the most honest, compassionate woman she'd encountered since Erin's warm, loving personality had touched her life.

Sitting dumbstruck, she allowed Reneé to continue stroking her face, begging herself to dredge up the courage to say something, anything, to just thank her, or be as sweet a talker as the Marine had been to her. But her lips remained firmly closed, nothing coming in or out save for the sensation of the redhead's soft lips that still hung in Miko's mouth.

Though she could think of nothing to say, Miko could still communicate through actions. Finally leaning in, she offered her thanks to Reneé in the only way she could think of-with a soft, long kiss much like the one the redhead had just given her. Rather than the passionate, hormone-fueled kisses Miko had been giving her before, however, this one was gentle and slow in it's pace, her tongue remaining locked in her mouth as she prayed that Reneé would understand this was a way of showing her thanks, and not merely Miko's attempt to start Round 2.

"You're welcome.." purred Reneé as they broke the kiss. Sliding off her lap she walked around to her desk, sitting on it with her legs crossed.

"I think you have a bridge to be getting to? I know I've got a marine detachment to see, and it would be grand to try to connect with that sister of yours...keep an eye on her perhaps? What's between us will never grace her ears though. I'm a private kind of person."

"Uh.... yeah." Miko blinked, worriedly assuming she had done something wrong, and Reneé didn't want to be anywhere near her anymore. Shoving herself out of the chair, she sighed quietly and gave the Marine a curt goodbye, shoulders slumped as she marched out of her office and into a turbolift to the bridge.