"Captain!" Harry tried not to squeak, he was still so startled. He hadn't seen another person in these conduits yet, and he'd been here for almost forty minutes. "I had no idea you were down here!"
Janeway looked just as startled to see him, actually. And was she blushing? Did Janeway blush?
She didn't have any tools with her, so she wasn't fixing something (and why would she be doing such menial work in a non-emergency situation, anyway?). All she had was a PADD.
Janeway snatched the PADD towards her chest, but he caught sight of a header before it was out of sight. The Cowboy's Daughter. What could that possibly be? And why was she-
"As you were, Ensign," she said.
"Are you… reading in a Jeffries tube?" he asked. Was she reading a romance novel in a Jeffries' tube?
It was official now: Janeway did blush. In fact, it was distinctly unnerving.
"Some days it's not easy to find a quiet place on this ship," she pointed out.
Well, that was true enough. Tom Paris had been on a mission of full-on pestering to try and arrange a detour to some sort of Space Junk Ship-building Olympics, and the Doctor had conscripted the Captain as his dissertation advisor for his new desire to collect three or four more doctorate degrees.
"Oh." Harry was still confused. "I don't suppose you've seen Lisen around?"
Janeway raised an eyebrow. "What would Lisen be doing in a Jeffries' tube?"
"Nothing," he replied. Then, because he was terrible at lying to his captain, "She may have taken 'hide and seek' a little too seriously. Just… don't tell Neelix?"
Janeway held up The Cowboy's Daughter. "Depends. Are you going to tell Chakotay? He's been after me for a month to take some downtime, and I'd rather not let him win this easily."
"My lips are sealed," Harry promised. "Enjoy your book."
Janeway smirked, then looked ponderous. "Hand me that tricorder."
Harry obeyed. "Captain?"
She tucked the PADD under her arm and nodded her head toward the Thorium leak. Knowing Lisen, that was probably just a decoy. "I think I'd better help you out. Can't let my operations officer be defeated by a ten-month-old."
Now it was Harry's turn to feel a little hot in the cheeks. "I'll find her eventually."
Janeway grins. She's been smiling more lately, but a full-on grin is still a rare sight. "You wouldn't deny your captain a little hide and seek, would you?"
Harry smiles, and not only because it will scare the heck out of Lisen when it's Captain Janeway who digs her out of her top-secret hiding spot. "Never, ma'am."
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(cont'd... Harry, Janeway & the Happy Voyager Project Gleee!verse)
Date: 2009-04-28 06:26 pm (UTC)Janeway looked just as startled to see him, actually. And was she blushing? Did Janeway blush?
She didn't have any tools with her, so she wasn't fixing something (and why would she be doing such menial work in a non-emergency situation, anyway?). All she had was a PADD.
Janeway snatched the PADD towards her chest, but he caught sight of a header before it was out of sight. The Cowboy's Daughter. What could that possibly be? And why was she-
"As you were, Ensign," she said.
"Are you… reading in a Jeffries tube?" he asked. Was she reading a romance novel in a Jeffries' tube?
It was official now: Janeway did blush. In fact, it was distinctly unnerving.
"Some days it's not easy to find a quiet place on this ship," she pointed out.
Well, that was true enough. Tom Paris had been on a mission of full-on pestering to try and arrange a detour to some sort of Space Junk Ship-building Olympics, and the Doctor had conscripted the Captain as his dissertation advisor for his new desire to collect three or four more doctorate degrees.
"Oh." Harry was still confused. "I don't suppose you've seen Lisen around?"
Janeway raised an eyebrow. "What would Lisen be doing in a Jeffries' tube?"
"Nothing," he replied. Then, because he was terrible at lying to his captain, "She may have taken 'hide and seek' a little too seriously. Just… don't tell Neelix?"
Janeway held up The Cowboy's Daughter. "Depends. Are you going to tell Chakotay? He's been after me for a month to take some downtime, and I'd rather not let him win this easily."
"My lips are sealed," Harry promised. "Enjoy your book."
Janeway smirked, then looked ponderous. "Hand me that tricorder."
Harry obeyed. "Captain?"
She tucked the PADD under her arm and nodded her head toward the Thorium leak. Knowing Lisen, that was probably just a decoy. "I think I'd better help you out. Can't let my operations officer be defeated by a ten-month-old."
Now it was Harry's turn to feel a little hot in the cheeks. "I'll find her eventually."
Janeway grins. She's been smiling more lately, but a full-on grin is still a rare sight. "You wouldn't deny your captain a little hide and seek, would you?"
Harry smiles, and not only because it will scare the heck out of Lisen when it's Captain Janeway who digs her out of her top-secret hiding spot. "Never, ma'am."
*end*