You dont have to be alone (adult situations)

Posted on Sat Sep 19th, 2026 @ 2:08pm by Commander Thomas Johnson & Lieutenant Nezuko
Edited on on Sat Sep 19th, 2026 @ 2:14pm

1,066 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Kintsugi
Location: Nezukos Quarters
Timeline: Current

Thomas sat on the couch, Talia, finally got Wyatt down, and she had passed out as well. He however was still agitated. Distracted, about a lot. Getting up from his couch he walked over to the air lock, and after walking in, he took the breather from the shelf they kept it on, and placed it in his mouth. Ringing the chime, to her quarters he awaited a response.

Nezuko was awake reading when she heard the alert. She pushed a key on her PADD which, after verifying that it was safe to do so, wirelessly opened the door and admitted Thomas inside.

She waved to him and beckoned him to the couch where she sat in pyjamas.

{Kids are asleep, Tal is exhausted so she went to bed. Im surprised your still awake.} He replied as he sat down next to her, taking her hand as he did so.

She squeezed his hand and signed with the other. {Not sleeping well lately. Days aboard Iconian station were not easy. Should discuss with Talia as Counselor when she’s back on duty.} She squeezed his hand again. {What brings you here?}

{You know you don't need to stay here alone. You got me, Talia, who love you. Tahuna, shes old enough I think to some sit in your room with you.} Thomas replied shifting her so that she was straddling him. This time, it was something more. {I have a sense of what you went through, i went through it as well. But I know I am not you, I don't know what you went through going through. Im just saying, you don't have to be alone.} He brought her in close and just embraced her tightly.

She leaned close and held him tight against her. He was right. She didn’t need to be alone. With him in this moment, she felt safe and loved. And she hadn’t considered that maybe Tahuna could keep her company sometimes. The kid was pleasant to be around. She wasn’t confident that she could handle the rebreather quite yet but she could visit when her quarters had regular air a few times first.

Nezuko pulled back so she could sign {Thank you.}

{There is one thing I do have to talk to you about. I also have to talk to Talia about.} Thomas signed, {Given our deep relationship, what we have... changes things for her and you on a professional level. Emotions, thoughts, can be conflicted. On a professional level. You would have to start seeing her assistant.}

Nezuko nodded. {Fair. I'll schedule something with Counselor Hastings. She seems nice.}

{According to Lt Carey, shes wary. So she may benefit from someone new.}

{Happy to be a friendly face and a straightforward patient} Nezuko replied. {New crew need to be comfortable. Happy to do my part for that, even for my own mental health practitioner.}

She smiled at him, took his hand, and held it to her face. It was a comforting feeling, grounding her, confirming that he was indeed there and she wasn't alone. She nuzzled her jaw into his palm, and jokingly very lightly bit near his thumb, barely grazing it with a fang.

Taking his breather out, he brought her hand to his mouth, doing the same. Then brought her close and gently bit her neck.

She sighed into his touch and his bite. Then she grinned and moved his chin so he would see her sign. {First rule when using your mouth. Remember to breathe. It would be bad if you passed out and I had to beam you to sickbay. So remember to put your respirator back in and take breaths from time to time. I will not be put out by you needing to stop to breathe.}

{Don't you worry. Im fine,} He replied as he took a few breaths, and continued.

She nodded and moved her head so he could continue. She trusted him implicitly. If he said not to worry, she wouldn't. So she unbuttoned her pyjama top so he could take it off her and continue.

Smiling he removed her top, kissing and gently biting down her shoulder and chest, pausing once to take a breath as he gave ample attention to her chest.

She pulled one of his hands back up to her face, enjoying the warmth of his touch, and again biting and sucking at his fingers and palm, careful not to draw blood.

Slowly, taking another breath, he kissed his way down her abdomen, raising her up as he did so he could slide her bottoms off. Squeezing her bottomm, he looked up. {Your overdressed.} He replied as he tugged at her. slowly kissing nibbling down her waist.

Nezuko playfully stuck his tongue out at him and let him get to what he was doing to her. Her claws very gently scratched at his scalp.

He continued for as long as he could before taking a breath. Taking a breath. he finally removed her bottoms completely off.

{Too good to me,} Nezuko signed, even though by this point he couldn't see her hands...

---

Nezuko clung to Thomas as they lay in her bed catching their breaths. She loved this sort of closeness, and that he came here specifically to show her that she didn't need to be alone was so heartwarming.

Amphea and Human (and Betazoid) relationships were so different, but at the core they were all about caring. And both Thomas and Talia cared for her, and she for them.

{I don't want to be alone tonight,} she admitted to him. {I love my space, but I also love that you're here, so close, ready to hold me if I need it.}

[Then here is where I will stay tonight. I've awoken Talia up the past few nights getting back from shift, as well as Wyatt.] Thomas replied as he held her close. [You don't need to ask for this. Our original plan for 'us'] meaning the three of them. [Evolving so much that we , are intertwined. You and I, Talia and I, you and Talia. There is no us with out you. As it was before."

Posting by:

Commander Thomas Johnson
Execitive Officer
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant Nezuko
Chief Operations Officer
USS Tokyo

 

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