[Setting a Scene Meme from @mtyscott.]
026.ㅤa bar just after closing. ------------
Shore leave just wasn't as she remembered it. How much of that reflected on the change of circumstances, the different faces, and how much simply on herself Thera didn't know, simply wasn't inclined to look at too closely. It had been three years between the shore leaves of old and now, three years of being planet-locked, Academy campus bars, surrounded by cadets - kids - at least a decade younger.
Three years studying, 'retraining', waiting for the chance to be back out here again ... only to find there was something missing.
A faint chime sounded over the bar's PA system, warning and reminder that although the Starbase could theoretically keep everything running twenty-four (or however many) hours a day, this particular place had a closing time. Thera sighed, finished the last of her drink and slid out of her seat, joining the rest of the 'last call' barflies toward the door.
