Perrenial Flowers [Ilana/Raynor]

Raynor Hughes wrote:

"I love you, too", Raynor rumbled, smiling contentedly as Ilana took to eating her nutrition bar.  He hated to see her in pain, but Raynor also knew that he could not look away.  If she was brave enough to face her pain, he should at least be brave enough to watch.  Raynor was pretty sure that she would try to duck out of eating her breakfast, so he'd have to watch that, too.  "What do you have in mind to do today, and does it involve getting dressed?"

About a quarter of the way through the nutrition bar, Ilana set it back on the plate so that she could smile up at the Klingon. Placing the plate on the table, she wrapped her arms around his waist, taking some degree of satisfaction at being able to be close to him again.

"I h-h-have a d-d-doctor's appointment l-l-later th-th-this m-m-m-morning, b-b-but m-m-my c-c-colleagues h-h-have th-th-threatened m-m-me th-th-that if I g-g-go in f-for anything other th-th-than th-that, th-they'll r-r-revoke m-m-my access. Th-th-that m-m-means w-we h-h-have t-t-time t-t-to d-d-do wh-wh-whatever w-w-we l-like and it d-d-doesn't n-n-necessarily m-m-mean th-th-that w-w-we h-h-have t-t-to g-get d-d-dressed."