one word prompts: past. for ana & chris. based on episode two.
it was nerve wracking standing in front of the door. this had been lorca’s ready room almost three weeks ago, the memories that sat behind that door were a lot less ... pleasant than what ana had hoped they would have been. a deep breath in, the brunette lent over and pressed the button and almost instantly she heard the distant sound of come, then the doors sliding open and the lieutenant was standing to the side giving michael a warm smile as she stepped past her.
hands lightly brushing against each others before ana stepped into the ready room and the door slid shut behind her. the stark white uniform that she wore felt extremely too bright and all of a sudden ana wanted to turn tail and run out of the room.
“ lieutenant. ” pike greeted and her green eyes focused on him, more importantly to the bandage wrapped around his torso, which he had gained from jumping on top of a phaser and almost getting himself killed. again.
sounds like someone else i know. ana thought to herself, before her hands clasped in front of her stomach.
“ you called ? ” she finally found her voice and pike looked up at her, a faint smile pulling across his lips. ana felt her heart skip a beat and almost berated herself for it. she was entirely too predictable - falling for someone who was entirely out of her league.
“ i did. and please don’t make me laugh. ” a frown fell on ana’s brow and she stepped closer to his desk.
“ i’ve never been able to make you laugh. ” a stifled huff escaped his lips, before he winced and placed a hand against his bandage. “ sorry. ” she let a grin pull at her lips. for pike, the start of the conversation was almost like deja vu but for ana - it was the most nervous conversation she has had in a while. the brunette came and sat down in the chair on the other side of the desk, a welcome change to the emptiness that had been lorca’s ready room. “ i like what you’ve done with the place. ” she started.
pike glanced around his room and nodded his head. “ so have i. ” ana snorted and tilted her head to the side. “ well, i mean ... who doesn’t sit ? ”
“ that was gabriel. ” ana mumbled and looked down at her hands. slender fingers intertwining with each other once more, nails picking at the beds before she looked up.
she hadn’t been a part of the landing party, but she had helped doctor pollard treat the captain’s injuries - all the while trying to keep herself in line. the past was a tricky thing. her academy days were something she wanted to forget - lord knows her and jim seemed to get into all sorts of trouble but well, appearing in quarters that weren’t her own from basically nowhere was a little hard to explain. pike, to his credit, didn’t seem slightly phased that a woman who was wearing 21st century clothing had just appeared in his living room.
it had been almost a week of paradise. ana was surprised that a captain wasn’t bringing her in, it could have been because she had begged him not too - at least not until she figured out where the hell she was and what the hell she was going to do. they had gotten close, almost too close - but it wasn’t until she was apprehended by starfleet one day (while out having a walk), well it was more like section 31 had gotten wind that there was someone on academy grounds that shouldn’t have been. which now meant that ana was under the watchful eye of everyone who knew the ins and outs of the black ops section of starfleet.
she was taken away from pike and was forced to stay in the brig for almost a full week, before anyone had come and told her what was happening. in times of crisis, they called upon the time traveler for help on missions. but when it was realised that ana was unable to return to her own timeline, those higher up in starfleet allowed her to enter the academy under a false name and fake date of birth, one even saying that she was more useful to them when she learnt the ways of the future.
which meant - she was back on christopher’s porch, knocking on his front door - almost five weeks after she arrived. he had been given the task of making sure that she didn’t make a mess and that she passed classes with flying colours.
“ how are you feeling ? ” she questioned, trying to pull her head out of her thoughts. the past needed to stay in the past, no one was to know about her work with section 31 - let alone the fact that she was from the past and the future at this point. even how close she had gotten with the new captain of the discovery, especially with everything that’s been happening - a missing spock (who she knew but of course he didn’t know her) and the war just barely being over, ana knew that digging up old agenda’s (and crushes) didn’t have any place at their current time.
“ sore. ” was his reply and ana smiled down at her hands once more. “ what about you ? ” ana looked up once more.
“ captain ? ”
“ i read the reports, ana. ” her frown deepened, but she leaned forward and rested her elbows on the desk. placing her chin in the palms of her hands, she shrugged her shoulders. “ our lorca was never one to be aggressive. ” sniffing slightly, ana shrugged her shoulders again. this universes lorca had been dead for a long time. ana didn’t even think she’d be able to tell the difference. “ plus, it looks like it’s going to leave a nasty looking scar. ” green eyes flickered to the side, out the window and the bandage that was covering the wound above her right eyebrow felt heavy - though she knew that it was now going to match the scar on her left eyebrow.
“ oh, well - ” she started pulling back and sitting straighter in the chair, almost wanting to pull her legs up and underneath her - just like they were back on earth and none of this had happened yet. the war hadn’t started and the only reason she was freaking out was because she had to learn at least three new languages in the span of five days. “ it hurt like a bitch. ” another huff of laughter from the captain and he frowned. “ sorry. it’s fine. i managed to get in a few hits before he knocked me out. ”
“ in other words, ” pike started as he shifted in his seat himself. “ you’re fine. ” her left brow raised, before she nodded her head and huffed out her own laugh.
“ you could say that. ” the room was silent for a couple of seconds, before ana did bring her legs up onto the chair, shifting so that she wrapped her arms around her knee. “ i’m really glad you’re here, chris. ” ana smiled, though this time it felt real and genuine. “ everyone really could use a captain like you. ”
christopher heaved out a sigh and ran a hand through his hair. “ i really do hope i’m that kind of captain, ana. ” the brunette had a feeling the next couple of months were going to be tough. but a lot of fun.