Author: Li
Author's email: litsaki@yahoo.com
Author's URL: http://tripmalcolm/houseoftucker.com
Date: Dec. 1, 2003
Archive: Yes, to EntSTCommmunity. Anyone else, please ask.
Fandom: Star Trek Enterprise
Category: Slash
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Reed/Tucker
Summary: Malcolm's thoughts when he sees Trip in Sickbay.
Beta: None
Spoilers: Similitude
Disclaimer: Paramount owns them, body but not soul. Since that's the case, I like using these characters in stories I'd never see on TV.
Feedback: Yes, please! I appreciate any comments you have.
I'll Be Waiting
by Li
*~*~*~*~*
My hand is shaking as I pull the curtain back. His head is wrapped in gauze, the plastic tubes... No, this isn't my Trip. Is it? My hand brushes against his cheek; stubble scratches against my palm.
Wake up! Please!
I want...no...I need to see those twinkling eyes, full of humor and love, gazing blue at me. To feel your soft lips on my ear, sighing, the way you always do when... I squeeze my eyes shut. Open again, blurriness smothers them. I look down at him.
What is that on the gauze? A drop of water? From where? Tears rush down my cheek, growing cold.
My finger runs down the length of his exquisite nose. I marvel at the silky hairs in his eyebrows. I caress his soft lips, and bend my head to gently, so very gently, skim mine against them. As my eyes come up to him, I whisper, *Trip, my Trip. My dearest. I love you. I need you. Wake up so we can laugh again...talk again...touch again.*
*Don't be gone long, love. I'll be waiting.*
END