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Blue was alone in medbay, letting their thoughts roam around as they sat on the ground working on cards. Tomorrow was Valentine's Day and they wanted to make each and everyone of their coworkers/patients feel appreciated for the occasion!
Also it would be a great morale boost ever since the discovery that two of their crewmates were aliens, which they were figuring out a way to deal with as of now. But there was no telling how long having them "kill" inanimate objects instead of crewmates was gonna work though...
Blue shook their head and went back to focusing on writing stuff in the cards. They held the pen in place thinking before writing anything.
They started with cyans, complimenting their cheery spirit and how passionate they were. They also snuck a little 'good luck with black' in since cyan had told the doctor about their "hopeless" crush on black. At least cyan thought it was hopeless, but blue knew black liked them back. Because black told them.
People tended to over share with blue.
Blue started to blacks card, it seemed like the right one to do next. Blue praised their straight forward attitude and their style. An alternative style was something blue couldn't ever personally pull off, so they deeply admired people who could.
Blue moved on to purples. They were the head of security and took their job very seriously, often sacrificing things like sleep and comfort to make sure no one on the skeld got maliciously murdered. That alone deserved a lot of recognition.
Now blue wrote reds card, the captain of the ship, piloting all the crew through vast dark space. It was quite heroic! And though red was quite inexperienced and sometimes awkward, they kept the ship steered in the right direction. And that counted for something!
Blue started oranges card next. Orange was a good rule follower and did everything by the book! And if you just ignore the fact that they have a lot of murderous intent now they still seem pretty friendly!
Blue decided to write a card addressed to both yellow and brown, they were practically attached at the hip so it would be easy for them both to get it that way. Yellow and brown were both extremely talented at cooking and they were usually keeping the crew entertained and happy. Though spreading rumors might not be the best form of entertainment it seemed to keep the crew occupied.
They put the cards they have done in a little pile away from the ones they don't. They only had a few more cards to do.
Next was white. They were almost always in a good spirit which tended to rub off on the people around them. They were also quite sociable with the rest of the crew, they were friends with pretty much everyone!
After that card blue did greens. Green was a very humble hard worker, and once again if you look past any murderous intent you can see how they have big dreams that they are chasing after.
Next was...
Limes card.
Blue's pen froze as they felt a warmth creep up on their face.
Blue could go on and on about lime, lime was so passionate and such a vibrant person who stuck to what they believed in. And they stayed their authentic self no matter what. And they always had such a big responsibility on them, they were the only engineer on a ship that was practically falling apart. And even with the limited tools and instructions given by Mira they still did their job well and efficiently. And despite the fact lime did not trust the medical side of things line had given blue their trust, and didn't just swoon over the doctors looks like the other members of the crew. Thought blue would be very happy to have lime swoon-
BAM!
Blue jumped at the vent door in medbay suddenly slamming open and lime crawling out.
"Damn gremlins twisting up the vents again, they think I'm not onto them yet but just they wait!"
Lime continued muttering about the gremlins before looking up
"Oh- hey big dawg whatcha doing up so late"
Blue scrambled a little to put the card meant for lime behind their back. They would definitely have to restart it because they couldn't stop gushing in such an unprofessional way.
"I'm working on some cards for Valentine's day tomorrow, I suggested the idea to orange and they encouraged it because of all the-"
"The alien stuff" lime finishes blues sentence.
Blue nods and sighs.
It did really suck.
Lime sat on the ground across from blue and looked at the pile of cards on the ground. Blue was really thoughtful.
"That's real nice of you doc."
Lime gave blue a small smile.
They both sat in a comfortable silence for a bit as blue added some color to the already written cards. Blue looked up and slid lime a couple colored pencils and cards.
"Would you like to help?"
Lime nodded and began coloring.
They were doing a better job than blue, but that's because lime was quite the artist. Blue has seen them drawing a good handful of times.
"Sooo.... Anything new with the gremlins?" Blue asked.
Lime immediately sprung into a rant.
"Bah- they are up to their usual schemeing, messing up the wires and messing up the damn reactor. Nothing I can't fix though. Why did you see one? Did they try to bother you? You didn't look it in the eye right?-"
Blue let out a small laugh "ah- no no I didn't look any in the eye nor did I see any. I was just asking because you seemed to be stressed about it when you first came in."
"Good, but if you see any... Be sure to tell me doc"
Blue nodded.
"Don't worry I will lime, I know there's not a single crewmate on this ship that could scare those gremlins away but you"
Lime smiled and seemed proud.
"You're damn right. All the other crewmates are just too scared to even admit they exist."
Lime continued.
"But don't worry doc, I'll make sure to protect you from those nasty gremlins, okay?"
"Thank you lime" blue gave lime a smile before finishing off the last card and setting it in the pile. They took the pile and went through all the cards to change the 'from blue' to 'from blue and lime'.
"What are you doing that for?" Lime asked.
"Well you helped with the cards quite a bit, I want people to know that." Blue finished writing limes name in the cards before gently setting them on their desk, brushing off their pants as they stood up
Lime stood up as well, not bothering to dust off. They leaned against the doctors desk and looked at them for a bit.
The main lights were off in medbay and everything was illuminated by the light of the scanner and a few other pieces of equipment. Blue still looked nice even in this lighting, but lime was more than less interested in blues pretty face.
Blue put the pencils and pens up before wiping down the stuff in the room. Blue always kept medbay spick and span.
Blue definitely felt limes glare on them but didn't mind in the slightest.
"Well, it's quite late now, I suppose we should head to our rooms."
Lime nodded before approaching the vent.
"Uh- hey where are you going?" blue called right before lime could drop down.
"Oh... Mira didn't give me a designated room because of their budget cuts so I made a little room in the vents, it's pretty cozy." Lime said it like it was no big deal.
"WHAT?! lime!- you've been sleeping in the vents?! That can't be good for you-" blue raised their voice a little, clearly concerned.
Lime waved their hand.
"It's fine, I've got a blanket down there and everything." Lime began to hop down into the vent but before they could get all the way in blue grabbed them by the waist and swiftly pulled them out.
"How about you come sleep in my room tonight?" Blue suggested.
"Ah- blue trust me you don't want that, I'll just dirty up your stuff-"
Blue put a finger to limes lips.
"I don't care about that lime! What I care about is you getting good rest and not sleeping in the vents for crying out loud"
Lime huffed.
"Doc I'm fine with sleeping in the vents."
"Lime you are one of the most important members of our crew and I refuse to let you continue getting poor rest"
"I'm sleeping just fine-"
"Lime please, I really don't like the thought of you sleeping in there"
Blue looked at lime with a pleading expression.
"Ugh!- fine- swoon! But only for tonight"
Blue smiled "we can figure out a new sleeping arrangement that doesn't involve you in the vents tomorrow"
They took a hold of one of limes hands and started guiding them both to the sleeping quarters. Blue kept lime close to themself.
"You don't have to hold me so close, I'm not gonna get lost." Lime mumbled.
"You seem to get lost in the vents all the time-"
"That's because of those gremlins!" Lime shouted.
Blue put a hand over limes mouth.
"Lime quiet down the crew is sleeping"
Lime looked annoyed but listened.
Lime felt their face heat up a bit. NO. They will not swoon over the doctor, this was probably another one of their tricks to harvest their organs.
Blue seemed to always cast these spells on the other crewmates but lime wouldn't fall for it.
But holding blues hand didn't really count as falling for their schemes right?...
Lime held the doctors hand, as the doctor unlocked the door to their room, leading the both of them in before shutting the door behind them.
Blues hand fell from limes leaving them both disappointed.
Blue quickly went to their small closet and opened it to get some clothes out. They pulled out some for themself and lime before setting them on the bed.
"Okay do you want to take a shower first or do you want me to take a shower first?" Blue asked, holding a pair of clothes out for lime to take.
"Oh uh- I don't mind either way." Lime said. Their voice was softer and lacked the usual volume it usually held.
"Would you like to go first then?" Blue asked.
Lime just nodded.
Blue put their hand on limes shoulder guiding them to the bathroom. They quickly left so lime could shower, they quickly face planted on their bed.
What was their issue?
Lime was asking themself the same question as they got undressed and started to shower. Blue must've been casting their spells again, trying to get lime to let their guard down so they could harvest their organs.
Limes shower was quick, and so was their process of getting dressed. When they stepped out they saw blue sitting on the edge of the bed.
Lime walked over to blue who got up and grabbed some paper and a pen for lime, handing it to them.
"Here's some stuff to draw so you don't get bored while you're waiting!" Blue said with a smile on their face.
Lime gave blue a little smile back before blue quickly went to go take their own shower.
Lime sat on the floor by the bed, mindlessly doodling on the paper blue had given them. God they hated blue and their stupid weird spells that made everyone fall in love with them. And they hated how they were so nice and listened to lime. And they hated how they wouldn't treat them like they were crazy....
They looked back at the page, focusing on what they were doing. All they were drawing now was little doodles of blue.
Blue.
Agh. Stupid stupid blue.
Soon the bathroom door opened and said 'stupid stupid blue' walked out. Lime got up off the floor and set the paper on blues night stand.
"Okay so you're gonna sleep on the bed and I'll sleep on the floor" blue said.
"Wha- no! You shouldn't be sleeping on the floor."
"Well you should be sleeping in a vent."
Lime huffed before looking at the floor and crossing their arms.
"We could... Share the bed..." Lime mumbled. It was so quiet that blue almost didn't hear it.
There was a pause.
"Yeah, sounds like a good plan lime" blue responded, just as quiet as lime did.
After a few minutes they both found themselves laying beside each other. Underneath the same blanket. So close but still so far.
A solid 10 minutes went by without either of them saying anything. Lime looked over at blue.
Blue noticed and turned from their back to their side to face lime.
Lime turned to face blue.
"Why does everyone swoon over you?" Lime said.
Blue looked a little puzzled at the question.
"Lime you know the answer to that"
"Yeah... I guess... But I've never seen them have a good productive or long conversation with you before becoming all smitten." Lime fidgeted with their hands a bit.
"I mean... Yeah you have a pretty face but there's a lot more to you than that." Lime looked at blue like blue was guilty of something.
"Where is this coming from lime?" Blue looked at lime with a puzzled expression.
"..."
Lime paused.
"Are you a siren?"
There was silence.
Blue suddenly burst out laughing.
"Wha- it's not funny it's a serious question!" Lime exclaimed.
"Ah- my bad lime, sorry"
Blue gave lime a reassuring smile. "I'm promise I'm not a siren of any sorts"
Before blue could say anything else lime grabbed their face with both hands, turning their head a little to observe them.
Blue sat there. They felt like their heart was pounding against their chest.
"What are you looking for?" Blue asked.
Lime was mumbling.
"It just doesn't make sense- you have the face and voice of a siren and you are constantly getting the crew to fall all over you like your casting some kind of spell"
"Lime if I was a siren don't you think you would also be under the said spell" blue let the other search for something that wasn't there.
"No, because I'm pure and I've trained myself to not fall for such dark magic" lime stated, matter of factly.
Blue gently held onto limes arm pulling them away from their face. They both just stared at each other for a few moments.
"Lime I promise I'm not doing any dark magic"
"Then- then why do I feel so gushy and stupid around you!" Lime sputtered out.
"Clearly it has to be some sort of dark magic!"
"Lime it just sounds like you have a crush" blue chuckled.
"Huh?- a crush- yeah keep telling yourself that, I bet it helps you with your ego" lime turned away, face turning red.
Blue sighed and smiled before scooting closer to lime and taking their chin in one of their hands. Blue planted a small kiss on limes cheek before restoring the previous space between them.
"It's okay I have a crush too" blue said.
Lime immediately turned to face blue again, looking absolutely flabbergasted.
"Hey! You can't just- you can't just do that!" Lime grabbed blues face and brought it close to their own.
"You- you-" lime couldn't even finish their sentence. They looked away momentarily.
"Bah- what do I have to loose"
Lime let go of blues face before grabbing them by the collar and putting their lips on their own.
Blue was surprised for a moment but immediately reciprocated the kiss. Blue moved one hand to the back of limes head, and the other around their waist, pulling lime against themself.
Lime moved their hands back to blues face, pulling away for a moment to catch their breath before going right back to kissing blue.
Neither of them could think straight, blue was grabbing onto lime like a lifeline. All they could focus on was the feeling of limes lips.
Limes heart was going a million miles an hour. They felt like their heart was gonna burst out of their chest. Blue slowly leaned lime on their back, climbing on top of them.
Blue pulled away out of breath.
"Ah- lime I'm so sorry got carried away- I was being too forward-"
"Bah Not forward enough" lime pulls blue back into the kiss. (GHOSTS SHOW REF GHOSTS SHOW REF 👅👅👅👅👅❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹✅✅✅✅✅)
Lime was gonna be the death of blue.
The kiss now was more messy and sloppy. Blue was grabbing at any part of lime they could, hands eventually slipping up limes shirt. lime gently tugged on blues hair, eliciting blue to make a soft sound against limes lips.
Ah they sounded so pretty.
Like a siren-
Lime pulled away again.
"You're a hundred percent sure you're not a siren?" Lime says, panting between their words.
"Lime, I promise I'm not a siren!" Blue said.
Before lime could say anything else they heard a small buzz on the nightstand. It was blues phone.
Blue grabbed their phone checking the notification. It was a thing saying they had an alarm that goes off in an hour.
It was 3:45.
They were supposed to wake up at 4:45.
Blue groaned and put the phone down before getting off of lime and laying down beside them.
"We should go to bed so we at least get an hour of sleep."
Lime looked a little disappointed but sheepishly wrapped their arms around blue and put their head in their chest.
"Fine." Lime groaned.
Blue let out a small chuckle and put their arms around lime, planting a small kiss on their head.
"Goodnight lime"
"Goodnight big dawg"