@becomingsea asked: “I like you just like this, you know. You don’t have to be perfect.” pike to tilly bc i could not help myself
She was drowning her sorrows. Ordering another drink, seemed much easier than leaving this stupid bar after a disaster of a night. Not that it really mattered. She would really rather the world just swallow her whole. There was nothing like getting wasted with your boss to put the world into real sharp focus. Sad. Really fucking sad. God this was embarrassing. Getting stood up was bad enough, someone finding out you got stood up was even fucking worse. While Tilly didn’t expect him to tell the rest of Starfleet, she was still going to have to be aware of the fact her Captain knew it had happened in the first place.
Right now she just wished he would stop talking. “You don’t need to lie to me to make me feel better.” Tilly replied, her voice flat. She could see right through his statement. At least, that was what she thought. Why else would he say it? Why would anyone make such a statement? “You really don’t need to be here.” Sober, she would never dream of taking this kind of attitude with him, and she would regret it when she started to feel like a disaster in the morning. “I am sure I can find my way back to the ship by myself, it’s like, right over there.” Plus, it wasn’t like she was back on duty for another 36 hours anyway.
“I mean I get it.” Oh shit, she should have shut up while she was ahead. “I’m weird. I’m not all that likable most of the time,” at least she didn’t feel like it. “I’m not surprised I’m just…” hurt, disappointed, all manner of other adjectives. “Whatever.”
