Trojan Horse #6&7 - "Throw me a Freakin' Bone Here!"

-={On}=- [USS Pegusus, Bridge, Just after returning to our home universe]

Ronald Evans was looking around, inspecting the damage to the bridge. It was pretty much a representation of the damage that was displayed on his console. That is, if it wasn't acting up. "Oh, for fck's sake..." he mumbled, as he hauled his arm back, and slapped his console with his bare hand.

"Oh, that's better..." he mumbled in reaction to his console completely dying after that. "Piece of cr..."

It was then that commander LaBrie practically shoo-ed everyone off the bridge. <Ah well, it's not like I can do a lot overhere...> he thought, as he got up out of his seat and was already thinking of going over to Kitty, to lend a hand. It was then, that the same console sprang back to life again. It was Evans' cue to roll his eyes and whisper a well deserved "...Figures..."

Caelen stood up from his seat again, he wasn't one who could be still for to long "Evans" he spoke up, halting his Operations officer. "May I have a moment of your time" he added, off course as this request came from his CO he couldn't really reject.

"Eh... Sure... I was going to help out in engineering..." Evans mumbled. "Sir." he corrected himself

"That's why I stopped you Lieutenant" Caelen smiled a bit, walking closer and putting out a hand "you did a good job today" he said shaking his hand and giving a firm nod. Complementing people when they did something right was as important as correcting them when they did something wrong, at least that's what they told him at the Command School.

Normally being used to being chewed out for things clearly out of his control, this was a welcome variation. "Eh... Thanks, Sir, I guess..." <What does he want from me now?>

"And you're not going down to Engineering to help..." Caelen then said, more serious now, seeing Jennifer in the corner of his eye waiting for him to wrap this up and spend some time with her. "...You'll go down to Engineering, get Lieutenant Black, and relax some..." he said with a confident nod "...you and her did enough work, we can do without you for the rest of the day"

Evans was now completely caught off guard. "Eh, oookay... Sure... I can do that..." he said, quirking up one eyebrow. He really wasn't used to this, and was starting to feel a bit nervous, actually... As if any moment now, his captain was going to turn around like a leaf on a tree, and yell out "PSYCHE! Report to the brig immediately or else... MUAHAHAHA!!"

Caelen folded his arms behind his back "Anything you want to tell me Lieutenant?" he ask seeing Evans sunken into thought and visibly nervous.

Evans cleared his throat, swallowed, coughed... "Eh, nothing, sir... It's just that Kitty and I just about fried every imaginable secondary and tirtiary command pathway, completely wrecked the replicator system and almost every form of convenience aboard this ship, and I'm being patted on the back... It just feels... wro... weir... eh... spooky, Sir... Oh... eh Permission to speak freely?..."

"As always Evans" Caelen stated, wanting Evans to know that he didn't have any problem with his Senior staff speaking freely to him. "If it wasn't for you frying everything they would've..." he then stated, trying to make clear he deserved the compliment "...I would rather be fried by you and Lieutenant Black then by Two Jem'Hadar Fighters"

"...Point taken, sir... Taking Kitty Black out for a good time, as ordered sir..." Evans responded, a slight smile appearing on his face again.

"Well what are you waiting for..." Caelen turned serious again "...Dismissed" even before Evans could react he walked away from him and up to his wife, his love, Jennifer. He put and arm around her waist and kissed her briefly "How does Emergency Rations by candle light sound?" he then asked.

Evans turned around and walked off the bridge, whistling innocently, looking everywhere except for the captain courting his wife.

-={Off}=-

Cmdr. Caelen LaBrie Commanding Officer USS Pegasus "How romantic… Candlelight rations"

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Lieutenant Jg Ronald Evans Chief Operations Officer USS Pegasus "...Yeah... Actively looking somewhere else... Really... Sheesh..."