Harry Kim. The eternal Ensign and chewtoy of the fucking universe.
He just had to go and fall in love with the alien girl, didn't he? Is he related to Kirk or something? This is like the third time!
It started when we ran into a generation ship traveling at impulse. Their warp drive was busted and they couldn't repair it on their own so Janeway offered to help.
No real problem with that. The repairs took a while though and while we where working, Harry worked close with one of the girls, Derran Tal. Of course the fool fell in love with her and is now biochemically linked.
It don't exactly help that her species is somewhat xenophobic.
Can somebody say diplomatic sodding ten car pileup?
I sit down across from him in the messhall "You just couldn't let it go, could you?" and he give me a unhappy look
"I know it was wrong...but have you ever met a girl tha" and I cut him off
"Yes. But that's irrelevant. Your lack of self control might have very well ruined the relations with the Varro. We could have really used their environmental system designs."
He sigh and lean back against his chair "I know. Its just..."
I shake my head "You really like this girl that much, huh?" and he nod
"Yes. And its not the biochemical link that's talking, I felt the same way...before." as I raise a eyebrow
"So, going to stay with her?"
He blink and look up from his drink "What?"
"Well, if you really love her, wouldn't you be willing to stay with her?" I ask as he hesitate "I mean, you have already showed you are willing to throw starfleet out the window for her, so why not?"
Sighing he shake his head "I cant. Her people would never allow it, besides, she want to travel, see more of space. But she cant either, they wouldn't let us."
I slowly nod "So you cant go to her and she cant go to you. So what do you plan on doing?"
Harry just look miserable and shake his head and I sigh
"No, me neither."
Two days later the sabotage the resistance group Derran Tal was a member of bore fruit. Artificial silicon parasites deposited on the hull of their generation ship broke through the parts keeping the sections together. Over fifty sections, each a self sustaining ship where now free to move like it wished.
Most sections stayed with the rest but three left the group.
After such a show of force the government on their ship didn't have a choice but to let them go.
A day after the ship broke into smaller ones I spot Harry walking down the corridor "Hey Harry. How did things go with the Captain?"
He just grin at me and slap my shoulder on the way past "Option 2."
Two hours I spot Derran Tal walking into his cabin, carrying boxes of things together with him. Turns out she left the segment ship and transferred to Voyager.
Later that night I lay in my bed, frowning slightly, still not sure how I butterflied that...
Well...guess something went right for Harry for once at least.
AN// No more updates today. Friday is lazy day.