ficrepost: "Amnesia Twitch" Beka/Harper

[wisdomeagle]

Title: "Amnesia Twitch"
Fandom: Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda
Pairing: Beka/Harper
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers/Timeline: Pre-series
Notes: For thenewhope in Yuletide 2007. Originally posted here.
Summary: Once upon a time, maybe, Beka was Harper's first. This is their favorite dance.
Wordcount: 842



Amnesia Twitch


"Okay, boss."

"Shipshape?"

"She'll fly."

"Will she fly well?"

"She'll fly."

"Do I want to know?"

"Better not ask, boss. It's been a rough couple of 'streams."

"Tell me about it. I'm twitching and we're only two jumps in."

"We could --"

"We're not ditching this deal, Mr. Harper, so just forget you suggested it. Strap in, we're streaming."

"Beka, I don't think..."

"Unless you want to do some more repairs before we fly?"

"No, I don't think the Maru will ever fly smoother, only..."

"You have a better suggestion?"

"We could stay here another night."

"I'm not staying planetside, Harper, so forget that."

"We could --"

"Once I slip up, once I say, sure, we could -- and -- you know the rest, right? I don't need to spell it out in sign language."

"More things I should forget?"

"Tell me I was the best you ever had and you might be allowed to keep the memory."

"Well, yeah. That goes without saying, right?"

"I don't know, Harper. I don't have your complete conquest list memorized."

"Well, there's... Beka."

"Okay, this I fail to believe. I know your pickup lines are awful, but I can't be the only woman in the system dumb enough to fall --"

"Stop that sentence right there. I'm going to complete it in my imagination. Mmm -- Okay. Done. Your confession of undying love is in my memory bank now forever, and I'll never forget the times we shared -- "

"Harper."

"Let a guy dream, at least?"

"Let's 'stream, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, twitchy and restless if you're not behind the wheel, I get it, I got it, it's good. I like a woman who takes control."

"Obviously."

"Think you'd take me for another spin? I'm an excellent vehicle, get great mileage, and a money back guarantee if you're not completely satisfied with your Seamus Harper experience."

"Do I not pay you enough?"

"You know, if we... went into business together..."

"If I married you I'd keep my own bank account and pay you wages, so forget it."

"Lifelong dream of having your very own kept boy?"

"I'm not too picky about the gender so long as they don't mind being taken for a ride."

"I don't mind."

"You better not mind. You just said last night was the best of your life."

"And it was, Bek, best of the best, but it would be even better if I didn't have to worry that I'd wake up alone."

"On a ship this cozy, you're never by yourself."

"True, true, but I meant alone in a more... existential sense, metaphorical aloneness, vastness of universe, tininess of my..."

"I've seen smaller. Bigger, too, but not on humans."

"Oh, Beka, don't tell me you fucked a Niet --"

"And that's just the women."

"I don't want to know."

"The bonespurs are a metaphor, right? The bigger they are --"

"Stop! Stop! I have no interest in Nietzschean physiology. None whatsoever, and also, ew."

"I thought you wanted the full Beka Valentine adventure, birthmarks and all."

"The birthmarks I like. The birthmarks are adorable. It's the scars you've acquired since then that I'm a little leery of."

"Yeah. I can see how you might wimp out about them."

"Oh, no fair, boss, that was below the belt."

"I thought you liked it when I bit you there."

"Biting? No. Biting I could do without. Kinky, sure, I'm as fond of being handcuffed as the next guy, but some things should just not be mentioned."

"Handcuffs? You're just full of surprises. Maybe there is a chance for one more night of misguided collegiate fumbling between us."

"Handcuffs are just the beginning, boss, there could be clamps, or rings, or paddles --"

"So, you're just operating on the assumption that I long ago lost respect for you and anything you say now will only make me more desperate to smack you, right?"

"That's the idea. It working?"

"You might not enjoy the smack."

"If carefully applied I probably would."

"I don't get it. There have to be women you could pay to do this -- planetside, sure, but even mud dwellers can give a halfway decent blowjob."

"Yeah, but Beka Valentine impersonators come with a hefty price tag, and I figure, if I have a shot at the original deal --"

"You're that desperate to fuck your boss?"

"I'm not saying that I don't enjoy being fucked by the woman who pays me and tells me what to do? But honestly, it's less about the 'boss' part and more about the 'Beka'."

"Really?"

"Hey, you sounded almost human, there. You really care that I l... like you?"

"Well, I wouldn't go shopping for a white dress just yet, Harper, but sometimes I think I l-l-l-like you too."

"You're mocking my stutter."

"I'd never do that."

"I'd be more reassured if you hadn't said the same thing about sex in the cockpit."

Comments

[beccaelizabeth]

I liked this one.

[wisdomeagle]

Thanks!