LTJG Lhandon Joseph Nilsen - Going Slow!…This Is New
Lhandon Nilsen
((OOC: Yay! New laptop….back to simming!!!))
((Botanical Arboretum, Lower Level, Deck 9, USS Octavia E. Butler))
They had talked about family. Lhandon had said his large family would loved Eli, and Eli had said his parents would loved Lhandon. So far so good! He had expected Eli to say they would be hard on him, that he would have had to fight for their approval. Instead, he was surprised by Eli saying they would love him, particularly with all the stories of first contact. "I know they would think you're an apple that fell off the right tree."
But Lhandon wasn't from a Starfleet family, even if Lhandon had just a single forebear in the fleet, his grandmother… He thought that she would have liked Eli.
Kovacs: It has been a great few months figuring out ‘Eli & Lhando’. I’ve not spent this much time courting someone; to be honest, I’ve never spent more than a few hours — but those were nothing compared to how you make me feel.
Lhandon had not planned to bring a ring and getting engaged at that moment. Even he doesn't move that fast.
But a future with Eli sounds just perfect.
His lips had curled up into an even bigger smile, and he had looked slightly down and away, almost blushing after the comment about how he made Eli feel. Then Eli's arm had gone around Lhandon's midsection and he had squeezed, a tad too hard but it didn't matter, the arm had felt right. That feeling was emphasized when Eli had pulled them both backward so that they were lying down, staring at the sky and clouds in the arboretum.
Nilsen: I really like how Eli & Lhando sound, and I…I
o0 Why don’t you just move in right now? 0o
Kovacs: I think… Let's see where things go. Starfleet on its own is a rollercoaster, and I really enjoy what we have. (beat) I’m still getting acclimated to being more public with things.
Suddenly a moment of worry, did he say the wrong thing? Has he just blown his chance?
Nilsen: I…didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable
He turned to Eli to speak. His chest was beating at a million miles per hour, and his mouth was dry. The worry was palpable on his face.
Kovacs: No, it’s not that, it’s just… this feeling of what we have now, I want to savour it for as long as we can. ::watching the clouds go by:: I just worry that if I think too far down the road, I’ll get in my head about everything.
Nilsen: Yeah…yeah…I've…
A realisation
Nilsen: I've not stopped.
And he was able to calm himself down, and it clicked. His heart had been making him rush, some part of his soul, his psyche, his being since he was a child had wanted him to do everything at a million miles an hour…
Nilsen: Yeah…I want that too.
Kovacs: Response
Nilsen: And I ain’t just saying it ::He breathed in deeply for a second:: with leaving home, the farm, then all the crap that happened with Echo Squad and then past few missions being nothing short of crazy, and I nearly died on Alpha Brenkevli II, and I nearly didn’t come back from the mine…
He leaned back, returning to the laid down position from before, but adjusted it slightly so that this time his arms were around Eli.
Nilsen:…yeah…I wanna slow down with ya Eli…You’re going to have to teach me how to though.
Kovacs: Response
His hand found Eli's chin, and he looked deeply into his eyes. His chest was light, and he wanted nothing more than to kiss Eli right then and there, right in the middle of the arboretum. Nothing else seemed to matter, and he thought it cliché until today. Now, he would be inclined to agree. He hoped that Eli wanted that too. This was Eli, his world now, and if he wanted to take it slow, then so did Lhando.
Nilsen: We got all the time in the world right?
Kovacs: Response
This just left one question…was it too early for Lhandon to use the “L-word?”
Tags/TBC
Lieutenant JG Lhandon Joseph Nilsen
HCO & Acting Asst. Chief
USS Octavia E Butler
O240007LN1
He/Him/His (Both player and character)