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Posted: 15 Jan 2004 01:42:34 -0800  
In: alt.startrek.creative 
From: Mareel@earthlink.net (Mareel) 
 

Title: Interlude
Author: Mareel
Contact: Mareel@earthlink.net
Author's URL: www.geocities.com/bdebpr
Series:  Enterprise
Rating: NC-17
Status: Complete
Codes:  Tu/R
Sequel to: Indiscretion
Summary: Trip is worried about what Malcolm's slip of the tongue might
Archive: Permission to archive granted to ASC*, EntSTCommunity,
Archer's Enterprise Reed's Armory, Others welcome, please let me know.

Disclaimer: They all still belong to Paramount. Still not mine. And
they probably hate me for this anyway.

Author's Notes: My thanks to Stexgirl2000 for suggesting that it might
be good to hear Trip's reaction to the events of "Indiscretion."  And
no, this isn't the end of it.  (Indiscretion 2/?)

***
Interlude


Well, shit! What the hell just happened? One minute, I'm making love
to Malcolm... It was incredible. In fact I would have come real close
to describing it as the best I've ever had.

He's wide open to me; our eyes are locked--I feel like I can see all
the way into his soul. And he's right on the verge of coming. When I
touch him, he does come...and it's like holding a firecracker in my
hand.

And then, just as it hits him, he whispers 'Jonathan.'  What the fuck?
I'm a little confused here, Malcolm.

He's never been a screamer. Not with me, anyway. I thought at first it
was because he was just too uptight to let go that far. But I don't
think that's it. He just had other ways of expressing it when he was
enjoyin' himself. He'd pant and moan and urge me on in that damn sexy
low voice of his.

'Oh yes. That's it. Dear god, Trip, don't stop now!'

At first I thought he was joking--callin' me Jonny--though how he'd
have had the presence of mind to be funny at that point would have
been a mystery to me. But that was no joke. There was no laugh in his
eyes. And god, the way he said it, it sounded like a prayer. Or the
answer to one.

Malcolm was out of bed so fast he nearly took part of me with him.
Didn't say a word, but his hands were shaking as he pulled on his
pants. He grabbed his shirt and shoes and was out the door before I
could think of what to say. I caught a glimpse of his face; he must
have turned to look at me as he palmed the door open. His eyes were so
sad. He knew exactly what he'd said, but I'm not sure he knew why.

Now I know what I should have done. I should have grabbed him and held
him. He would have fought me, trying to get away, but it would have
been better to have talked about it then. He probably thinks I'll hate
him...that I won't still love him. But he's wrong.

I should have thought to tell him about that night with Nathalie. The
time I called her Lisa. But I guess that's not the same. Lisa was long
past. Hell, she was married by then, and Nathalie knew it was just a
slip of the tongue.

But Jon is here and now. And Malcolm's tongue doesn't slip.

***

--
Stephen Ratliff
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