Another Life (Oc x reader)

Chapter 6 - Don't answer to you

"So you disagree with your Commander and you just toss him into stasis?" You ask them.

Everyone is standing in the observation deck.

"Are we really okay with this?" Bernie looks at the others with frown.

Yerxa ignores you. "Bernie, we spent a year together on this ship. You know me. I'm not rash. I don't do shit without thinking things through." He looks at all of them. "Ethan is not the person for this job. I am. I will make the calls that's he's too chickenshit to make. Now, if you're uncomfortable with the situation, I get it. It's up to you. I can put you back in your soma tube, wake up your replacement.. Or you can give me a chance. It's your choice."

No one says anything.

"Alright." Yerxa then turns to you. "Pull up the plan August and I presented earlier today, I'm gonna explain the-"

"I don't answer to you." You tell him.

He frowns at you. "I am the Commander of this ship."

"I answers to Ethan Stone, Commander or not. I will not take part in this." You say and head for the door.

Yerxa grabs your arm. "Yeah, I don't think so. I'm not gonna let you go wake up your boyfriend. You stay here where I can keep an eye on you." He tells you.

He slightly pushes you back further into the room and you rub the spot he grabbed.

"You'll join him sooner than later. And there's no replacement for you, cause we don't need a pretty little assistant attached to my hip like Ethan."

You roll your eyes at the spiteful and unnecessary remark. Some frown slightly at Yerxa's remark. He turns to William.

"Initiate the slingshot."

"No." He says and everyone whip their head to him in surprise.

"Wow, they've really got emotions now, don't they? Let's go ahead and lower the manufactured melodrama and do what I said."

"I also answer to Ethan.. not you." William tells him and you smile.

Yerxa scoffs. "Zayn? Would you say that Ethan is mentally sound?" He asks and you look at him with frown.

"What?" Zayn asks.

"Given his actions and emotional state, is he mentally sound?"

Zayn straightens up, slightly uncomfortable. "He's been showing's of stress and emotionality."

You look at him in disbelief and he avoids eye contact.

"No, not mentally sound. Sasha, as our government's representative on board this ship, do you recognise me as the new Commander?"

"Uh.. I don't know.."

"You don't know? The only reason you're here is for a situation precisely like this one. Now, do you recognise my command or not?"

Sasha glances at you. "Yes." He says and you shake your head at this whole situation, pinching the bridge of your nose.

"There you go, William. Dotted all my I's and crossed all my T's."

"I.."

"You what!?" Yerxa raises his voice and approaches him. "What? You are a computer. You are a tool. You are made to what I say. Now, shut up and do it."

You glare angrily at Yerxa's hurtful words. William frowns, then looks around at the crew, they look down. Finally, he nods slightly.

"Initialising." He says. "Energy density magnitude reaching target."

The Salvare gets closer to the star.

"Ease us in, William." Yerxa says.

The ship shakes slightly. Yerxa pulls down a seat on the wall for you and gestures for you to sit down. You just glare at him.

"It's going to get bumpy, Yn. You either sit here where I can see you for now, or I'll have to hold you. I don't want you to get hurt. I know you're still not used to travelling through space." He says with a kinder voice, wanting to make up for him snapping at you earlier. Instead of fighting, you just sit down. "Thank you.. August."

She hesitates. "Initiating the bubble in three.. two.. one."

...

Slowly he opens his eyes and finds himself on the bed in his home back on Earth. Frowning, he looks around and then freeze when he notices someone else sleeping with her back towards him in his bed. Not having a girlfriend, he's confused with the stranger in his bed and slowly move to glance at her face, but just then she turns around and his eyes widen as he comes face to face with you.

Your eyes flutter open and you look at him, a soft smile growing on your face. "Morning."

He just stare at you in disbelief. You chuckle at his dumbfounded expression.

"What?"

"Are you.." He glances around the room. "Is this real?" He asks, looking back at you.

You laugh at him. "What do you mean? Of course it is. What's gotten into you?"

You shuffle closer and lay yourself against his side and his eyebrows shoot up. His breath hitches at your closeness as you start playing with the hair on his chest.

"I.. But.. You and I, we're not.."

You frown confused at his behaviour and caress his face. "Are you okay, baby?" You ask and hold your hand up to his forehead to check his temperature.

He looks at you, then swallow nervously. "Yeah.. I'm, uh.. I'm okay. Are you?"

You chuckle again. "Of course I am. I'm with you. I always feel so safe and loved when I'm with you."

He sighs dreamily at you. "You do?"

"I love you, Ethan stone."

His eyes widen in a hushed kind of awe as you murmur your love for him.

"You.. You love me?" He asks with a shocked look.

"Mhm." You smile and the lean in, putting your lips on his. He freezes for a second, but soon he moves his lips against yours.

Ethan sighs into the kiss and reach his hand to your neck, keeping your face close and lips connected. He melts into the kiss as a wave of bottled up longing crashes down on him. He kisses you deeply and sweetly. His tongue graces your bottom lip and he moans into your mouth as you let him explore.

"Someone's getting excited this morning." You tease.

He just hums in agreement, his eyes hooded while his mouth try to capture yours again. You laugh and push him over, getting on top of him in one swift motion. He looks up at you straddling him. You're wearing a soft silk dress, fitting your figure perfectly and it's pretty revealing, even for a nightgown.

He gazes up at you in awe, his longing for you clear in his eyes. "Wow.."

"Like what you see, Captain?"

You smirk, leaning down seductively. It gives him a slightly more exposed look of your chest, your dress barely covering your breasts. Ethan's breathing start to get heavy as your lips kiss and lick the skin up his bare chest and to his neck.

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