Another Life (Oc x reader)

Chapter 34 - Dance Party

You walk into the kitchen where everyone was called to meet up. Everyone looks at you with unreadable but slightly awkward expressions. You frown and then raise your eyebrow at the sudden weird attention on you. They then glance at Ethan who avoids eye contact.

"Well, I had the weirdest dream." You chuckle to lighten up the mood. "We were all potato pirates, don't ask, because I don't know why. And you were wearing an eyepatch, Captain." You playfully pat Ethan's chest on your way past him.

Ethan feels a shiver run down his spine from you calling him that, it sounded exactly like he imagined it earlier. The memory makes it twitch down in his pants right now and has to fight himself from adjusting his pants in front of everyone. He shakes his head slightly and clears his throat.

Everyone that was in the airlock glance at each other, feeling sympathy for Ethan. They know it's against the rules to date another crew member, but not many cared about following it. But it's especially against the rules and even punishable for two in your positions to date.

"Let me get this straight. You thought it was oregano?" Beauchamp asks Sasha.

"I was making dressing for the salad. I raided Bernie's stash."

"Dude!"

Ethan turns to Bernie. "You saw what that flower did to Jason and I. Why would you bring it on my ship?"

He shrugs. "Pain management. I-I can't sleep because of my leg, so I-heh, heh-I, uh, self medicate.."

Ethan pinch the bridge of his nose.

"Yeah, now you've self medicated all of us." August says.

"Look, I didn't do this on purpose."

"Yeah, no. We know that, Bernie. Your hearts always in the right place, but you gotta use your head." Ethan tells him, using a high pitched degrading voice.

"Ethan!" You scold, glaring at him. He groans and rolls his eyes, then take the drink that Zayn has put on the table for everyone and read on it.

"Okay, thiamine, folic acid, magnesium sulphate. Let's see if we can't flush these drugs from our systems." He says.

"Uh, I wouldn't do that if I were you." William tells him. "Those chemicals may exacerbate the toxins already in your system."

"If there is something out there, I need to be alert."

"There's nothing out there." Beauchamp tells him.

"Well, August and I couldn't have had a shared hallucination." Oliver says.

"Yeah, and you didn't see lasers, either. What you saw were electrically charged cold hydrogen particles, which used to be a theory of dark matter until you proved them true."

"Oh, wow, he's soo smart." Jason rolls his eyes at Beauchamp.

"Okay, so we just need to, uh, what, wait out these drugs?" You ask.

"Yeah."

"Great. I'll be sleeping if off." Sasha says.

"No, you won't." Beauchamp says.

"Why not?"

"Cause we are like cats right now, like stoned cats and herding us is gonna be easier is we're in the same spot." Ethan tells him. "So, right now, Beauchamp's the only one that leaves, and he's in charge."

Jason sighs annoyed.

"Cool. I'm in charge, and my first task is to sober you guys up. Don't worry. William will make it fun." He says and leaves the mess hall to get to the Crows Nest.

"Me? What were you thinking? Beauchamp?"

...

William made a hologram dance party in the mess hall.

"Your holograms?" Sasha's asks William.

"I couldn't decide which decade, so I.. I went for a few of them." He tells him.

You dance your way through the crowd and toward Ethan who is just standing with his arms closed beside William and Sasha.

"You look happy." Ethan says.

You laugh excitedly and dance closer to him. "It's these drugs. They amplify your emotions and your feelings, and right now, I think I'm feeling.. happy and having fun."

Ethan chuckles at you. You look at William.

"Can you dance?"

"Can I dance?" William asks. "I can do any dance you like. The Waltz. Fox-trot."

You smile brightly and clap your hands together. "Surprise me."

He walks out on the dance floor and starts breakdancing. You jump and laugh in happiness.

"Ethan, dance with me!" You grab his hand and jump try to pull him with you, but he holds back.

"Oh, no, I don't.. I can't dance."

You pull harder on his hand. "So, what? Just feel the rhythm, come on. I'll show you."

When you finally get him on the dance floor, you face him, but he just stands there awkwardly. You wrap your hands around his neck and guide him to follow the rhythm. He eventually gets a nice flow with you. You then turn around with your back against his chest. You sway your hips to the rhythm. Ethan swallows nervously.

Sasha approaches Javier, which scares him, but he doesn't know why, not remembering clearly what he did to him in the particle accelerator room. Sasha asks him about William, but August starts dancing with Javier.

Ethan eventually manages to dance his way away from you. Sighing in relief when you gets distracted by a hologram dancing funny, he walks to the kitchen exit and see Sasha and William.

"I gotta get some sleep."

"Party police won't let us leave." Sasha tells him, gesturing to William.

"Hey, Beauchamp?"

"Yeah, Ethan?"

"I feel like we could all, uh, use some sleep now."

"Alright. Straight to bed."

"Night." Ethan says and go to his room.

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