Flavour of the Week

Posted on 30 Oct 2013 @ 4:50pm by Commander Luke Wyatt & Petty Officer 1st Class Taryn Galepsie

3,641 words; about a 18 minute read

Mission: Episode 04 - Exodus
Location: USS Galileo - Deck 3 - Aux Shuttle Bay
Timeline: MD 04 - 1600 Hours

ON:

"Ready to repay me for helping you to perfect your aim?" Luke said as he leant up against the entrance to the ships shuttlebay. It had been cleaned and cleared of debris since the last time he was here which was somewhat of a comfort to him. He was planning on spending some quiet time on top of the shuttle again but when he arrived he saw Taryn swinging out some mean moves at an invisible enemy.

Taryn had just come from Sickbay. The surgery on her shoulder had been a success and after the twelve hours of rest she had been given a green light to return to her normal activities. Whatever they were. Her first decision had been to work though some katas of sorts. She stopped where she was standing and couldn't help but grin at Luke. Wearing a simple running top and shorts she moved over to where the water bottle was sitting. "Sure thing...I have a feeling you could be use being taken down a peg."

Luke laughed pushing himself of the door with his shoulder "I don't think that will happen dear" He walked over and took of his tunic folding it and placing it down next to where her water bottle had been. "What shall it be?"

"That depends." Taryn started looking over the Marine. "Are you lacking in hand to hand or non-projectile weapons. I specialize in both." She paused as she took a draw off her water bottle. "So it is really your choice on what you want as payment." As grinned crossed her lips.

Clinking his knuckles and gyrating his shoulder he smiled "I am probably less effective hand to hand so lets give that a try huh?" He took a defensive stance and teased her to come forward.

Taryn returned the water bottle to where it had been sitting. She pulled out her pony tail and quickly returned her hair to a newly tightened bun. She didn't want him to resort to hair pulling...just yet.

Taryn moved towards him in a simple non-threatening move. She could see the level of confidence in had in his ability. This wasn't going to be like when he was helping her. She was going to start by putting him on his ass. Seeing his reaction when she finally made the first attack. He threw his weight into a block and she simply used his momentum to pull him off balance. With a well placed sweep of her foot she hand him by the collar and his back on the ground. She gave him a grin as she rose back up and offered him her hand.

Luke smiled taking her hand "I think you misunderstood the part where I should be putting you on your ass?" He stood up and this time waited for her to attack. She was lightening quick and he just about managed to block, parry and doge. As she went to punch he grabbed her arm and pivoted so that he was behind her holding his thumb to her neck. "one all?"

Taryn stood with her back against Luke's. It was cute that he thought he had her. Gripping the hand at her throat and twisting her arm, an easy move with her limber ligaments in her shoulders, she was soon standing facing him. Twisting the captured hand behind him she reversed their position. The height difference did make it a bit more awkward but a quick kick to the back of his knees dropped to a much more manageable height. "Close..." She responded. "You are better then most...you catch on quickly."

Luke wasn't used to looking up at someone and the current moment put a smile on his face despite how uncomfortable he felt. "I'm just good" He winked breaking her grip and rolling back. "Of course I am just letting you win" He advanced forward throwing a heavy right hook.

"Oh...I am sure you are." Taryn saw the blow coming. It wasn't hard to see a move coming at you with that sort of force. She easily got out of the way but the momentum was a bit more then she was expecting. Her attempt to use it against him work to a point but spun her a bit more then she had anticipated. Doing a quick roll she ducked under his neck blow and came up next to him. "You wind up too much." She began dodging another blow. "I can see your attacks coming a mile away. Force works well unless you opponent is skillrf in hand to hand."

Luke continued to smile and lull her into a false sense of security he was willingly allowing himself to take small blows and make obvious moves for a purpose. As he made the next swing he stopped his momentum and sent his elbow towards her face.

Taryn didn't have enough time for a full defense, but she was able to duck beneath the blow by rolling past him on the mat. An amused smile crossed her face as she watched him make his next attempt.

Luke bent over hands on his knee's as he panted "I guess maybe its time you start teaching me then huh?" He stood up and pulled his shirt of his head and threw it at her. He ran forward throwing his arms around her body and tackling her to the floor.

Tangled in the shirt Taryn knew something was coming, but had no way of defending against his. She felt his shoulder collide with her midsection only moment before her back slammed into the mat. It took her a moment to regain her breath though her amused smile. "Cheater..." she panted out once she had enough breath to do so.

Luke sat triumphantly on top of her "In war there are no cheaters just winners" He took the moment and looked at eyes trying to read what she my try next.

"Ahh...Well that changes thing." Taryn started with a sly grin. Her legs wrapped around him as she pulled him off of her. Rolling with him she was soon in the dominate position. "But you are right...using what you have can be just as useful as actual skill."

Luke bridged his back and swung his Hips over as he reach and grabbed her into a headlock before finally rolling back on top. "You have skill but I have experience" He winked teasingly.

Taryn went for a different tactic. "Oh really?" She responded as she moved to face him intertwining her legs with his. She moved as if she was going to kiss him and instead flipped him on to his back and easily rolled away into a standing position. "I will take skill any day."

Luke lay on his back for a few moments to regain his strength and fidgeting as he coughed. "Defiantly seems the better of the two" he rolled onto his front and stood up again. "For a minute there I thought you was going to kiss me!" He said somewhat surprise.

"Perhaps I was..." Taryn teased. "Shall I try again?" She mused as she took a few steps towards Luke. She broke out in a laugh at the surprise on Luke's face. "I had to be at least a little convincing in order to catch you off guard." She moved back over to her water bottle.

"Scarily convincing" Luke had now picked up his shirt and returned it over his head and was now standing next to her "may I?" He asked pouting to the drink. "Getting your ass kicked is thirsty work"

Taryn grinned as she watched him getting dressed. It was almost a crime for him to wear a shirt. His question pulled her back from her thoughts. Without a response she handed the bottle over to him. "That was fun." She admitted as she used her towel to dab at her neck. "A great way to break in my newly minted shoulder joint." She grinned at her amusement.

Luke took down some fluids and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand sighing, "And you were injured? Now I really do feel like an idiot!" He handed her back the bottle. Taryn looked rather cute with her hair down and that fatigued look on her face.

Taryn laughed lightly as she turned to face Luke. "Don't feel bad. Most people don't manage to land a hit. You almost caught me quite a few times." She gave him a coy grin. "You wanna get a drink some time? I don't many people on this ship and I could always use a friend." She asked bluntly. Being from the Venture, most of the people she knew were either light years away, annoying, or dead.

Luke cocked his head as if to think deeply into the idea before curling his lips upwards "a drink is probably one of the best ideas someone had offered for a while, besides that's something I can do better than you." He nudged her non-injured shoulder.

Taryn laughed at Luke playful contact. "Great." She started. "And you are probably right. I am a bit of a light weight." She gave him a wink, and looking back she didn't understand quite why she had done that. "Well you name the time and place and the first round will be on me."

"I don't do well with dates, shall we just make it a spontaneous thing?" He smiled curiously at Taryn.

"Date? No..." Taryn started, her eyes wide with a look of panic. "I didn't mean..uh...no...I didn't meant date." She shook her head as she fumbled with her water bottle. "Spontaneous...works...yeah."

"Urm Taryn? I think you're having a mild panic attack which is most certainly not good for your health! I Didn't mean a date you melon! I meant like a Calender date" Luke chuckled trying to contain his laughter. "Though I am glad you thought about it that way" He winked stepping closer, he was going to make this fun.

"Wh...why?" Taryn asked completely skipping over her embarrassment. She should have been mortified by her reaction. She had assumed the one thing that seemed to freak her out as of late. "Why is that a good thing?" She asked as she remained frozen where she stood.

Luke steppe into her 'Personal space' And bent his head down to her ear "Because its incredibly cute" Her hair smelled of roses and Luke was actually starting to doubt his own motives. Luke moved his hand to her head.

A shiver ran down Taryn's spine as she felt Luke's breath on her ear. So many thoughts ran though her mind at once that not a single one took hold. She felt the pressure of his hand causing her mind to blank.

Luke ruffled her hair and stepped back laughing "Come on! Did you Actually think I was going to do something!" The look on her face and her bright red cheeks made Luke almost crumble down in laughter.

Taryn let out a staggered breath she hadn't realized she was holding as she watch Luke enjoy himself. It took her a moment to regain her composure. "I guess turn about is fair play?" She asked, a grin crossed her lips as she quickly opened the water bottle and sprayed its contents on the Marine.

Luke gasped as the water hit his body. It was surprisingly cold. "Way to cool down the situation!" He laughed wrapping his arms around her sharing the wetness. "Its unfair I should be the only cool one!" He wrenched out his shirt over her head laughing.

Taryn let out a squeal as the wet Marine wrapped his arms around her. She tried to pull away but he has size and strength on his side. It didn't help that she was laughing so hard she about fell down on the mat.

Tumbling down after her with both their momentums Luke just managed to stop himself form crushing her under his weight, the moment turned suddenly from funny to serious when he was now looking directly into Taryn's eyes, breathing the same air and laying on top of her with soaking yet clothes.

Taryn soon felt the mat at her back and was instantly aware of the male form pressed against her. She felt the change in mood in more ways then one. She looked over the attractive face not far from hers and breathed in his masculine scent. Running strictly on instinct she leaned up and pressed her lips to his.

Luke saw this moment coming his mind went blank for the moments that there lips were touched against each other. Her lips were soft and smooth and Luke wanted to hold the moment but instead he rolled of to her right and let out a sigh. "sorry"

Taryn's head fell back to the mat. "Uh..yeah...sorry about that." She rolled up into a seated position. "I...uh...sorry..." Was all she could say. She had enjoyed the moment and didn't know whether to be filled with embarrassment or regret. "I got a little carried a way with the water." She looked down at Luke over her shoulder and she spoke with a slight smile on her lips.

"I know maybe I should't have tackled you" He admitted dryly "I don't know whether I should say this but you have a beautiful laugh and your lips are incredibly soft" He was clearly drunk on the whole experience and he was starting to blame it on dehydration.

"The tackling part was kinda fun." Taryn offered. She couldn't help but blush slightly at the compliments. She leaned down to kiss him again. If she was only going to be able to do it one more time she was going to take advantage. When the kiss was over she rose to her feet and offered him her hand.

Luke bit his lip thinking over everything that had happened the last few days, few weeks and even the last few year. He had shunned away everyone he cared for and knew so that he would hurt alone. He took her hand but instead of her pulling him up he pulled her down and locked his lips with hers.

Taryn didn't fight it. Not that she would have. Her body pressed against his as her lips pressed against his. Her hand moved to his bare but wet chest. The heady air filling her lungs as her mind chose to focus on the moment and nothing beyond that.

Luke rolled over putting her against the mat and continued to kiss her through the whole movement, his breath getting heavy and his heart racing he smiled through the kiss. "We shouldn't do this" He said between kisses.

"Yeah..." Taryn started her lips curling as her arms moved around his neck. "This is a bad idea." She returned his kisses as the thrill of the moment over ruled common sense.

"Very bad" He kissed down her neck towards her collar bone, "Someone might walk in and see" He returned to her mouth biting softly on her lower lip and running one of his hand down her side and to her thigh.

A soft moan escaped Taryn's throat as the make out session continued. The logical part of her brain told her they should stop but She was enjoying the feel of his lips against hers, She felt his hand move down her thigh as she fought to come up for air. "Why aren't we stopping ?" She asked with a Smile before kissing him again .

Luke didn't have an answer so instead he replied with kisses and moved his hands round to the inside part of her thigh. He enjoyed the way that everything about what they were doing was completely wrong yet neither stopped the other from continuing, she was even allowing herself to enjoy it so much that she was letting out small moans. Luke's heart raced,"shuttle?" He asked moving his hand under her shorts and up her thigh before stopping everything and looking at her eyes teasingly.

"Seriously?!?" Taryn asked as she looked up him returning his teasing look. She cast a glance over her shoulder at the shuttle and looked back at Luke. "I have a feeling we are going to regret this later." She breathed before finally nodding in agreement. She moved with him to stand up keeping their bodies pressed to one another as they moved out of sight.

Luke only stopped the moment as he accessed the doors to the shuttle opening them and stepping in though the back before closing them again,. Moving to her his hand taking her waist he hesitated to kiss her. Now he was here and in the moment he was wondering if she was right. "Maybe we shouldn't" He whispered kissing behind her ear.

"I know we shouldn't." Taryn replied her hands moving down the planes of his chest. Her head dropped back allowing him more access to her neck. Her hands arrived at his waist touching his skin as she tried to focus on what she, they should do. "Doesn't change the fact that I want to..." Her voice was barely louder then a whisper.

Luke tried to think like she was the fact was that he didn't exactly want to any more. He felt silly and wondered what she was actually thinking he couldn't believe deep down that she really want to. Looking into her eyes Luke smiled and kissed her neck slowly. "I think - I think we should stop" He finally said which wasn't easy for him to say.

It was the way that Luke spoke that brought Taryn back to the land of the reasonable. Pushing against him where her hands rested on his hips. She looked up at him. She tried her best to keep her breathing regular as what had just transpired replayed in her mind. "What the hell am I doing?" She shook her head as she quickly moved out of the shuttle and back to where she had left her things.

Singing heavily and swearing to himself silently before following her out of the shuttle " I'm sorry Taryn, I shouldn't have let it go so far" he explained trying to locate his shirt. A part of him was screaming at him for even kissing her but the other part a small part but audible enough was telling him he should stop beating a heartbreak and carry on but this is not Luke not pictured his next 'love' that's what happened before with Lillian and that didn't go so well.

Taryn stopped what she was doing, "No Luke..." She started with a shake of your head. "This isn't your fault." She took a deep breath letting it out slowly before. "I haven't made the greatest choices since my husband died." She looked at him hoping that he wouldn't get that pity look on his face. "Please...I kissed you...It won't happen again." She gave a little nod as if that accented her point.

Luke looked down to the grey floor, now he felt sorry and angry that he took advantage of her. He wanted to walk forward and warp her in a hug not for anything more than to just comfort her but he didn't want to make things worst. Instead he just starred at her not knowing what to say or do.

Taryn let out scoff directed solely at herself. What on earth were you thinking? She shook herself berating herself silently as she retrieved her jacket and her water bottle. Slipping her arms in the jacket she easily zipped it closed before looking back up at Luke. "I hope that you will still be willing to help me with my marksmanship, but I understand if are no longer interested in our little deal." She smiled at him despite the desire to simply run from the room.

"Of course I will and Taryn" He locked eyes with her she looked petrified beyond belief, lifting his hand he moved a strand of hair that was annoying him behind her ear before retracting it "Lets not let this get between us yeah? I think we both should stop feeling sorry for ourself" He said with a suggestive shrug.

Taryn didn't shy away from the contact as she might have She did however cast her eyes downward. She also didn't want this to get any worse then it already was. "Yep...Sure thing." She replied dismissively. She let out a sigh, "It is easier said then done." She finally looked back up at him. "So...see ya when I see ya?"

Luke bit his lip but he didn't want things to turn sour "tomorrow at 1300 I finish my shift then be at there or be square" he tried to smile but he could sense the discomfort between the two. "Taryn please not let this make things hard for us" he said smiling giving her a playful nudge "now come on smile!"

Taryn let a smile cross her lips as a light laugh escaped her lips. She nudged him back with her elbow. Looking up at his attractive, evil but attractive, face she grinned. "Tomorrow...1300 mess hall...I will see you then." She nudged him again easily lightening the mood before she moved towards the door and headed back towards her shared quarters.

Waiting for a minute or two for her to leave and get a head start Luke slowly walked out of the door and towards his living quarters or better known as his office.

OFF:

Gunnery Sergeant Luke Wyatt
Marine Liaison
USS Galileo

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Petty Officer 1st Class Taryn Galespie
Security Officer
USS Galileo

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