LtCmdr. Brell - Time for it all to come out.

[Brell]

((USS Darwin, Deck 09, CEO’s office))

::Another crate sat on his desk. These things had been the staple of the last month of moving on. First they were being filled by the contents of his family's flat on Outpost Unity now it was their belongings on the Darwin that were being packed up. This ship had been home for years his children were born here and now that home was filled with moving crates. The fact they had another week of slipstream flight off to this Par'tha Expanse and were packing up slowly only seemed to make things worse. Some things would have to beamed over as is of course, furniture and seaweed tanks. At least what was going where was simple everything packed up from unity would be sent to DS26 and everything from here on the Darwin would go over to his new posting the Atlantis.::

::That was something he was looking forward to. The Intrepid class was one of the most proven and adaptive vessels in all of Starfleet. Atlantis was also quite the proven ship he had been reading over its history most of which had been spent in the Expanse. Currently he was looking over the Atlantis specs as every ship was slightly different, when his comm chirped.::

Stennes:  =/\= Didrik Stennes to Lt. Commander Brell.  Could you join me in the counseling suite when you have a free moment? =/\=

::He was surprised to hear the Didrik’s voice as the one who was calling him … asking him to go and meet with him. He knew this would be coming and he still didn’t know what to do about it. He did want to see him however it had been far too long.::

Brell:  Sure, I’ll head down to you in just a few minutes.

((Timeskip))

((USS Darwin, Deck 10, Counseling Suite))

::The Bolian finished the section he was reading of Atlantis’ upgrades from base Intrepid specs and logged off of his console. The ride one deck down to Medical and counselling areas of the ship took mere moments. He rounded the corner and was again surprised by Didrik working on something at the receptionist desk instead of his office. He tried to look casual and gave him a smirk when he looked up to see who was approaching.::

Stennes:  Thank you for coming.  ::indicating the empty room::  There’s no one in here today.  The calendar is clear and my receptionist is in his quarters.  He thinks he Axanar Whooping Cough.  ::beat:: I don’t, but I’m grateful to have the space to myself for a while.

Brell:  Sure.

::He almost made a joke about how everyone knew of his receptionist’s illness from his coughing being audible two sections away. But stopped himself, he got the feeling Didrik  wanted to talk about things they had been avoiding. They stepped into the open suite and he took a seat.::

Stennes:  I owe you an apology.  It was unfair of me to expect you to conform to my own–admittedly parochial–cultural attitudes about relationships.  I hope you can forgive me, and that my issues didn’t cause damage to your marriage.

Brell:  I understood things … well to the extent someone from a very different culture could.  But thank you.

::The truth was his marriage had not been damaged yet. Right now it was only him carrying around guilt. His wife and co-husband would be understandably furious when they find out. The longer it went with them being in the dark about the affair he and Didrik shared the worse that anger would be.::

Stennes:  And I want to apologize for the way I left things.  Yes, my service record says I left Darwin to pursue a qualification at the Academy, but my emotional record says I was running from some personal issues that I didn't want to handle.  And it’s not the first time I’ve done that.

Brell: You have told me of your past. …  I missed you and our times together.

Stennes: response

::He did not wish to hurt Didrik’s feelings but he had to be honest with him. They were to be going to different ships in the ATF and while they would see each other whenever they were both at DS26 he was tired of this sneaking around business. He had to ask the Human the question.::  

Brell: So. Where do we go from here? We or I tell my spouses one way or another that consequence cannot be ran from any longer. Not with Lyldra going to DS26 me to Atlantis and you to Blackwell. It would be too easy to keep the lie going and I can’t. oO Not after what happened to me on the Vanquish. Oo  

::He looked into Didrik’s eyes feeling like he just slapped him with an ultimatum of sorts. They had to know it had been over a year since that first kiss on Turisan II. He had never kept something from his spouses this long that was not classified information. Even then Lyldra had higher clearance than he did so they could still discuss those things. He hoped Didrik was ready for all this to become known not sure he really was himself.::

Stennes: response

LtCmdr Brell, Chief Engineer, Uss Darwin, NCC-99312-A

PotW Co-Facilitator - Training Team - Publicity Team

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