006 ☀ video ☀ FORWARD-DATED to a few minutes POST-JUMP end

[tumbleweeds]

[ There are a few things everyone might notice about this video post. One is that there's no way Jaye could have gotten from the medbay to the kitchen on the 001 passenger floor this quickly. Two is that her hair looks both dirtier and longer than usual, and instead of either happily mussed or neatly groomed, it's just a complete mess. Three is that, judging by the way Jaye sort of seems to be wobbling back and forth on the floor and has burst capillaries in her face, she was just rather sick and might be so again. Likewise, anyone who looked around before or after the jump may have noticed that Jaye wasn't there -- didn't go down, didn't go into the gravity couches, and that Faith Lehane was looking after her animals. ]

So. [ Her voice is hoarse, quiet, and the rasp is completely new and sounds painful –- in fact, she has to pause, clearing her throat for a moment. It doesn't go away completely, but she's a bit louder, at least. ] I-- [ and she winces ] sat out during the jump as an insect. Don’t do that. It was a month. Everything was red, copper and salt, until it ended.

[ It hurts to talk, and Jaye takes a moment to rub at her throat. ] Want a shower, food.

[ She pauses, glancing away from the camera for a moment. Her eyes aren’t exactly wet, and maybe it's from her earlier vomiting, but either way... ] Missed you guys. [ And she cuts the feed. ]

((ooc: MCU!Tony will be getting her from the kitchen and carrying her down to medical. Her replies will probably come from after she's there and probably be in text form. If your character wants to go visit her there (or fuss at her or whatever), I'd be up for it, but be warned that she's having a bit of a hard time talking at the moment and will set Faith on you if she feels shitty.

Also someone might want to clean up the 001 kitchen. ))

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[leaps]

[ she beckons and he moves forward without hesitation, like being pulled along on a string. ]

Hi.

[ his voice is soft, expression unreadable. he's never liked visiting people like this. ]

[tumbleweeds]

[ She doesn't want to pull him. She wants him to come because he wants to, and it's a startling realization that has her blinking for a moment before she shakes the thought out of her head. She'll have plenty of time to think more while she'd in medical. ]

Hey. [ Her voice is still hoarse, will be for a while, but she does her best not to wince in front of him. ] Could you... not lecture me?

[ Still hoarse, but soft, plantive -- there's a please there, even if she doesn't say it. ]

[leaps]

[ the please doesn't need to be said. sulu hears it. he knows it because he's taken that tone before, when he's done something reckless and nearly gotten himself killed and said the same exact words to his parents, to mccoy, to whichever superior officer he'd landed in front of. sulu understands.

instead, he reaches down to take her hand, curl his fingers through it and hold on tightly. ]

I'm so glad you're okay.

[tumbleweeds]

[ He takes her hand and she grips it as tightly as she can for a moment, until she realizes that it might be uncomfortable for him. She should have told him. He would have tried to stop her but she should have told him, because what if it did go wrong? What if she was wrong?

It didn't, she wasn't, but seeing him now... she has to admit it could have, and that it would be a good thing that she'd be dead, because she wouldn't be able to fix it and it would kill her. ]

I'm sorry. [ Not for sitting out, not yet, but for the extra month of silence in between. ] I missed you.

[leaps]

[ it's like she cut his strings. he drops into the chair at her bedside with a whoosh of breath, gripping her just as tightly. ( she could have been gone, he could have lost her like all those cadets over vulcan were lost and then-- ) ]

I missed you too.

[ there's a crack in his voice that he ignores, that he plows through. ]

I'm so sorry, Jaye.

[tumbleweeds]

[ He's too far away. He's right next to her and he's too far away and she tugs at his hand, tries to pull him closer still. ]

Come up here.

[ She won't ask to be held but it's what she wants, at least for a little while. ]

What're you sorry for?

[leaps]

[ there's a moment where sulu gauges the probability of getting them both yelled at before he kicks his boots off and climbs it. it's a tight fit. medbay beds usually are. but he shifts them both, shifts until she's more or less leaned on his chest and he's wedged into a corner. it'll do. ]

Before. When we argued.

[tumbleweeds]

[ She needs contact after a month alone. She needs it and it scares her, but it doesn't stop her from curling into him, pressing her nose into his neck. He's solid and warm and Jaye has fingers curled into his shirt before she can stop herself, not caring enough to uncurl them once she realizes she's done it. ]

I was a bitch, [ she rasps out, grateful that her position means she doesn't have to actually look in his eyes. ]

[leaps]

[ after strela they'd--well, this is her strela. this is when he holds her and if she clings tight and they don't fuck, then he doesn't say anything. he just turns his head and presses his lips to the top of her head, adjusting his grip on her to accomadate her movement. ]

It's okay. Just...

[ it sounds like it hurts, talking. he trails off into a hushing noise. ]

[tumbleweeds]

[ She's always been too confident. It had been slipping already but now it's shaken up even more and she doesn't know what to do.

She nods a little, grateful that she doesn't have to speak -- grateful that he's there. She may be able to sleep for a while like this, without waking up at every small noise, without lashing out at a doctor. She hopes so. ]

[leaps]

[ this is what compromised is. this is what he lied to his commanding officer ( his friend ) for. for jaye, curling into him, warm and solid in his arms.

it's terrifying. ]

If you do it again, tell me?

[ he wants to know. not to talk her out of it, but to brace himself for it. it wouldn't be fair to try to talk her out of it. how many dangerous things has he done, and will probably continue to do? ]

[tumbleweeds]

[ There's a moment of hesitation, but he asked. He asked and that's more than most people do, and the moment passes.

She nods. Then she settles back down in his arms, eyes flickering shut. He'll watch out for her. He'll keep her safe. She trusts him and she isn't sure when that happened, especially after their argument, but it did. ]

[leaps]

[ it's enough. the nod is enough, because sulu's never been the sort of man who needs anything more than that. she nods and she closes her eyes and he kisses her temple and listens to her breathing even out.

and eventually, they sleep. ]