guilty smile finds it’s way to usual easy going features. hand moves to curl the back of her neck , as she rounds the corner fully. “ no no , nothing scheduled. it’s just ….” trails of with light uncertainty , teeth catching lower lip as she glances down to her shoes. “ i may or may not have, gotten into a fight with that darn filter …. and well … the filter won. ” finally admits with a small little laugh , extending out hand , palm up. “ snagged my hand on a jagged piece of equipment , and am hoping , you wouldn’t mind patching it up? ”
his attention drifted back to fallon as she spoke, a brow raising at just how uneasy she seemed. “huh...” he hummed as she spoke, his eyes finally falling to her hand once it was extended to him. out of habit, and to show some empathy his face contorted and nose scrunched. “jesus, you know we have gloves for this, right?” his question rhetorical as he stood from his seat and took her hand, slowly guiding her back to one of the cots. “think it would be against my code if I let you walk out of here like this, so hop up and run the story for me from the beginning. filter talking shit or what?” his tone light as his smile returned, grabbing the first aid kit to start cleaning up her palm.
“you know… i’m not deaf and i would but there’s actually no treatment for it.” she muttered, a glare thrown at him across the room. heledd wasn’t one to back down, she had a competitive edge after growing up in various team and individual sports. if this was how he was going to play, then game on. “now bare with me, i’m not a proctologist… but i do know an asshole when i see one.” she flashed a smile then soon chomped on the end of the celery stick she had.
focus mostly trained on the screen before him now his eyes rolled at her words, “should update my charts then, could have fooled me.” his words half hearted as he scrolled down the screen, though he paused when her voice picked up again. a genuine laugh leaving him before his head turned to look at her. “ouch ryan, that one hurt.” he hummed, taking a second now to think of a good enough comeback. alas, the door slamming shut caused that train of thought to escape him.
“you missed your chance to get out while you still could. maybe put all that energy you’re getting from that stick of water into some work.” he paused, looking to her again as he leaned back in his chair. “unless you’d rather just stare at me for the next twelve hours. washed my hair last night I know I’m looking good.”
her face lights up when he says sweetness; there was a special place in her heart for little nicknames like that ( especially platonic ones ), they were too darn cute. beyza bows her head. “ sure thing. a chat would be lovely, ” she was already thinking of a few different things she could make. “ that coffee smells great by the way— how do you usually take yours? ”
his meek smile grew just the slightest bit more as she lit up, a single brow quirking before he’s looking back to his coffee, using the red stirrir to mix it just the slightest bit despite nothing there to mix. “black, usually. it’s weird too, back on earth I’d have it more sugar than coffee but since being up here I need the caffeine more than I need the sweet.” don rattled off before he was leaning his elbow on the table, chin in palm. “what about you, eh? correct me if I’m wrong but you strike me as the flavored creamer type.” a pause, “caramel, maybe?”
“C’mooon just try it. Just a lil’ bit, a teeny tiny bit,” Jaime crooned with his features pulled into a honest pout. “It won’t kill you. Get a whole spoonful o—”
Florescent bulbs flickered once..
twice…
thrice….
Click.
The lights steadied just as distant doors closed with a faint hiss. Something that never failed to send shivers down his spine in the oddest way imaginable.
“Anyways— c’mon, just try the mumbo jumbo surprise and take a bite!”
He’s skeptical, that much is clear by the look on his face. But what happened next didn’t phase him. Not in the slightest. Eyes glance up to study one of the lights as they flickered, then back to the pot. This wasn’t an odd occurrence, not anymore at least. Don almost expected it.
“Truly, I’m not all that hungry.” His words faint before he’s looking to meet the other’s gaze. A softer sigh left him this time as he cocked his head to one side. Taking the spoon and dipping into the food his lips parted, “one bite, that’s all you’re getting from me.” Don smiled before he’s taking the bite. The skeptic in him vanished as his brows furrowed; and a supportive hum followed a head nod. “I’d eat it- hell I’d probably have it for leftovers once, twice- three times if it’d still be good.”
“guess i’ll just have to work harder on my stealth. next time i’m in here, mark my words, you won’t even know.” or, more likely, he’d end up making a worse mistake than being seen out of the corner of his eye. probably knock something over. that tended to happen when he was trying too hard. “taking a break? yeah, i could use one of those,” he replied, nodding. there was always plenty to work on, day in and day out, and none of them got very much downtime outside of meals. “you don’t mind if i chill in here with you, do you?”
“That a challenge, Dan?” Don asked with a wide smile, relaxing so his back rested against the desk a quiet scoff left him, his head falling to look at his hands. “Think we all could,” his words hushed as he reached to grab his water bottle off the desk. “Nah, make yourself comfy I don’t really have much to do in here today. Insane, don’t you think? How every day we have almost the exact same tasks, like over night something undoes everything we did.” His words aimless as he cocked his head to one side, gaze drifting to look at a nearby wall. “What’s the rest of your day looking like?”
“YO. hi, doc,” came the greeting whilst he hopped up onto one of the pristine examination tables. “i just feel… extremely sick and unable to satisfactorily complete my tasks today. y’know? can i get a note to take to admin about that?” he looked visibly fine.
His brow raised as he looked over the other, “Hey Tech,” he hummed quietly in response as he stood up, pulling the other headphone from his ear and then tossing them and his phone onto the table. “Lets check you out, I mean those eyes are looking pretty glossy.” His tone playful as he lifted a hand to lightly slap the side of his face. “Trying to get out of the download or the wires, because I know it’s not card swipe.”
the awkward part of trying to sneak in was being caught red-handed. or blue-handed, in this case, given the gloves stretched over his hands. “yeah, yeah… nothing’s wrong with me,” he said, scratching at the back of his neck. “i just came by to grab my samples, they’ve been sitting around waiting for me. was trying to be quiet so i wouldn’t disturb you, but… mission failed. you weren’t in the middle of anything important, were you?”
Head tilting to one side Don offered the other a small smile. “You could have gotten by if i didn’t see you out of the corner of my vision.” His head nodding slightly before his gaze drifted from the screen again, hitting pause on the song before pulling the other headphone out. “Oh, I thought I saw some but I figured they were still processing. I wasn’t, just between downloads right now I didn’t feel like walking to admin and took a little break.” Don nodded toward the other before raising a brow, “I won’t tell if you won’t.”
work was the last thing on heledd’s mind today but she made the conscious effort to turn up, what else was going to keep her occupied for a whole twelve hours? her hearing was as sharp as anything, she could hear, and almost feel, the vibrations of music flying out of his headphones. she didn’t smile, she just raised a brow. “i’m fine, it’s time to work.” she replied, her tone low and dry. no expression on her face was visible, she was completely deadpan. “i’m gonna pretend like i didn’t hear that.” she muttered in response under her breath.
A sharp breath was the only response he had to Heledd. That, and his smile growing just the slightest bit. “Work is no place for jokes, you’re right.” His fingers falling down to his phone and hitting pause, the other headphone falling from his ear and resting on his shoulder. Silence over came the room for a moment, his gaze turning to look at her. “You sure you don’t wanna take the day off?” His voice growing softer now as he spoke under his breath, his head turning back to the monitor. “Best to rest when you have a stick that far up your ass.”
IT’S EASY TO SAY, BUT IT’S NEVER THE SAME.
( listen here. )
001. someone you loved, lewis capaldi. 002. all the kids are depressed, jeremy zucker. 003. turning out, ajr. 004. party with my friends, mkto. 005. coffee, quinn xcii feat. mark e bassy. 006. two 10s, quinn xcii. 007. a letter to my younger self, quinn xcii feat. logic. 008. do u even miss me at all? gianni & kyle. 009. icarus, eden. 010. rock + roll, eden. 011. drugs, eden. 012. younger, ruel. 013. memories, maroon 5. 014. stacy, quinn xcii. 015. young & alive, bazzi. 016. stupid deep, jon bellion. 017. talk is overrated, jeremy zucker, blackbear. 018. dazed & confused, ruel. 019. 5 shots, gianni & kyle. 020. blu, jon bellion. 021. morning, marc e. bassy. 022. good things fall apart, illenium, jon bellion. 023. stay with me, ayokay, jeremy zucker. 024. imagine if, gnash. 025. 100 bad days, ajr. 026. i.f.l.y, bazzi.
The faint murmur of rock & roll by eden played from Don’s headphones as he pulled them from his ears. His eyes lifting to lock on the other and a weak smile tugged at the corner of his lips. “Funny catching you here, you feeling alright?” A brow quirked as he sat beside the med scan and hit the enter key on his keyboard to turn on his computer. “I don’t have you scheduled for anything today...” He mumbled.
“ hey darlin’, ” she sits across from the other. “ feelin’ hungry? i can whip up a quick little snack for ya? ” bee tilts her head slightly & smiles softly. “ or .. if you’re not, we can just sit here and chat? orrr stretch our legs and take a little walk around? ”
Sitting quietly in the cafe Donny was nursing a coffee, probably his fifth of the day if he was counting. Of which, he wasn’t. Not consciously at least. Bee’s voice lead his head to lift and a meek smile to tug at the corner of his lips. “Hey mmm...” he hummed, quirking a brow before pointing. “Sweetness.” A little shrug was offered at her words, leaning back in his seat now as he tapped the table. “I wouldn’t mind a chat, I’m not all that hungry, but I might take you up on that later.”
( landon liboiron, cis male, he/him ) see them in the BLACK suit? that’s DONOVAN MICHAELS, the TWENTY-NINE year old DOCTOR that works in MEDBAY. i’ve heard they have a penchant for ALONE TIME and a burning hatred of CONSPIRACY THEORIES. on their good days, they’re known to be EMPATHETIC and HUMOROUS, but watch out… when things get bad, they can get RECLUSE and PASSIVE. think they can be trusted?
long name squad
he’s one of those natural born smart types, he skipped a couple of grades in middle school and was in highschool when he was only 13. that lead him to be mostly exiled by his peers considering he was so smart for his age, but in such a higher level of learning. no one wanted to hang out with the young smart kid so he was able to focus on his studies and actually graduate top of his class.
he got a scholarship to yale when he graduated and didn’t miss a beat. no vacation for him he didn’t even want it, it’s not like he had a solid group of friends to go hang out with because to be honest, he could have had more friends by senior year he just didn’t try to.
he had an easier time in college, because people more praised him for being so young and no one really had the same standards as in highschool. he made a couple of really, really good friends there especially in his later years when people more around his age started to go.
flash forward he finishes college and is a proper Doctor. He could go work anywhere he wanted but for once, he gave himself a break. Relaxing for a year he was scrolling through his favorite websites for latest in technology and read about CHARYBDIS and he just knew he had to be part of it.
after applying to be a doctor on the crew and being accepted, he thought maybe this was a chance for him to rebrand himself again. in college he really grew into himself and matured but he was tired of just being the smart guy -- he wanted to be more. alas, this plan didn’t really pan out. still awkward, still distant, but a little more humorous he learned a lot about himself on this trip and to be honest? He’s just ready to go home.
PLOTS.
i need to double check with the admin how long they’ve all been together but i’m assuming there’s a lot of room for people to have those connections uhhh here’s some off the top of my head.
MORNING RUNS. every morning Dono goes for a run around the ship because he has too much energy, and it keeps his mind sane. this could be someone who caught him on those runs and also does it or they saw him doing it for a while before finally deciding to join him for the early morning jog.
NEIGHBORS. this person has a room right next to him, this is open to 3 people, left, right, and across. we can branch the relationships out as much as you want or whatever chem comes up with.
EXES. my son is pansexual, panromantic and while he’s awkward and standoffish, it’s possible he had a little fling or two with some of his crewmates. probably ended on good terms but we can have some bad terms too lets go awkward tension
ENEMIES. this is hard to plot out without knowing the chem i know but anyone he could have a rivalry with, whether it be someone else working in medbay or somewhere else on the ship and he just gave them a nasty attitude once or something eyeeee don’t know
DOCTOR’S FAVORITE. c’mon everyone has a favorite who is Donny’s favorite person to scan and check in -- we can leave this up to chem too but you know.
red | blue | green | pink | orange | yellow | black | white | purple | brown | cyan | lime | fortegreen | tan | misc. ( insert detail )
𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐒 .
astronaut helmet | backwards cap | brain slug | bsuh hat | captain hat | double top hat | flowerpot hat | goggles | hard hat | military hat | paper hat | party hat | police hat | stethoscope | top hat | towel wizard | ushanka | viking | wall guard cap | snowman | antlers | christmas lights hat | santa hat | present hat | candy canes hat | elf hat | yell party hat | white hat | crown | eyebrows | angel halo | elf cap | flat cap | plunger | snorkel | stickmin figure | straw hat | sheriff hat | eyeball lamp | toilet paper hat | toppat clan leader hat | black fedora | ski goggles | landing headset | mira hazmat mask | medical mask | mira security cap | safari hat | banana hat | beanie | bear ears | cheese hat | cherry hat | egg hat | green fedora | flamingo hat | flower hat | knight helmet | plant hat | cat head hat | bat wings | devil horns | mohawk | pumpkin hat | spooky paper bag hat | witch hat | wolf ears | pirate hat | plague doctor mask | knife hat | hockey mask | miner gear hat | winter gear hat | archaeologist hat | antenna | balloon | bird nest | black bandanna | caution sign hat | chef hat | ccc cap | do-rag | dum sticky note | fez | general hat | pompadour | hunter hat | military helmet | mini crewmate | ninja mask | ram horns | snow crew mate | misc. ( insert detail )
𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐒 .
astronaut | captain | mechanic | military | police | doctor | black suit | white suit | wall guard suit | mira hazmat | mira security guard | mira landing | miner gear | winter gear | archaeologist | misc. ( insert detail )
𝐏𝐄𝐓S .
squig | bedcrab | brainslug | ufo | dog | hamster | mini crewmate | robot | henry | ellie | misc. ( insert detail )
