The best friend's best friend
Jan. 22nd, 2012 09:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Lazy mornings was one thing Trip did like about the island. While he missed Enterprise, her crew and her engine (he was the Chief Engineer and he'd helped design her, he loved that engine like she was a person) something awful but it was nice to be free of those responsibilities for a little while.
And he had good reason to be lazy as he'd been wore out last night by the woman laying beside him. That was another thing he liked about the island: people sure were friendly. Granted, Trip did care about Lily as a dear friend but he was glad they could still have a little fun now and again.
Trip was dozing comfortably, not bothering to open his eyes just yet and get rid of the warm, content feeling. A weight settled on his chest, and he was still sleepy enough to think it was Lily so he just grumbled at how sharp her nails were but didn't open his eyes.
It was the tongue that started licking his face that finally got Trip to open his eyes and he had to stare in sleepy confusion for a few moments before he figured out what was going on. Then, all else forgotten, he sat up quickly with a large grin. "Porthos! What are ya doin' here buddy?"
And he had good reason to be lazy as he'd been wore out last night by the woman laying beside him. That was another thing he liked about the island: people sure were friendly. Granted, Trip did care about Lily as a dear friend but he was glad they could still have a little fun now and again.
Trip was dozing comfortably, not bothering to open his eyes just yet and get rid of the warm, content feeling. A weight settled on his chest, and he was still sleepy enough to think it was Lily so he just grumbled at how sharp her nails were but didn't open his eyes.
It was the tongue that started licking his face that finally got Trip to open his eyes and he had to stare in sleepy confusion for a few moments before he figured out what was going on. Then, all else forgotten, he sat up quickly with a large grin. "Porthos! What are ya doin' here buddy?"
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Date: 2012-01-23 04:08 pm (UTC)"He wasn't here last night," she said. "Right?" She may have been distracted by Trip himself, but she was fairly certain she would have noticed the dog despite that.
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Date: 2012-01-24 01:12 am (UTC)Trip just laughed. "Nah, I don't think so. But damn am I glad ta see him." And he was. Sure, he would have preferred Porthos' owner but it was nice to have someone from home, even the Enterprise's unofficial mascot.
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Date: 2012-01-24 03:08 am (UTC)"So you know him, then?" she asked, looking over at Trip. "He didn't just wander in here?"
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Date: 2012-01-30 05:57 am (UTC)"Oh yeah. Lily, I'd like ya to meet Porthos. The beagle to travel the farthest from Earth and go where no beagle has gone before." Trip said with a laugh as he tried to still the tail and ended up giving in and just scratching the dog's back. "He belonged to ma best friend, Jonathan Archer. He traveled with us on Enterprise. I'd know this wiggly pup anywhere."
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Date: 2012-01-31 04:01 am (UTC)"It seems like everyone I know here has been up in space," she said with a grin, looking from the dog to Trip. "You're happy to see him, aren't you?"
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Date: 2012-01-31 09:16 pm (UTC)"Ecstatic!" Then Trip took a deep breath and calmed down, though his smile was still bright. "Well...to be honest, I'd rather it was Jon who showed up but I can deal with my best friend's best friend."
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Date: 2012-02-01 03:51 am (UTC)Leaning across the bed, she pressed a kiss to Trip's mouth, then leaned back again. "It's nice to see you so happy. But now you'll have to get him a dog bed," she teased.
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Date: 2012-02-14 12:54 am (UTC)"So now he's yours," she said with a grin. "Are you going to spoil him like he's still on that ship?"
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Date: 2012-02-19 01:11 am (UTC)Porthos opened his mouth and panted in a doggie smile, as if to prove the point.
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Date: 2012-02-20 03:48 pm (UTC)