Angels (Pavel Chekov)

59 - Just Like Her

Erik and Vienna stay up a little longer. Erik has a warm smile that won't seem to fade and he tells Vienna a few more stories from their childhood. He asks about her relationship with her sister and Vienna tells him about Sydel and about her visit back to Delaware. He asks if she'll take Pavel with her to Delaware next time and she likes the idea. She figures that it might be a little difficult for him with Quantro around and Erik smirks at the thought.

"Hard to believe, isn't it? He can take on the universe at seventeen, but one small dog and he turns into a nervous mess."

Vienna giggles and Erik takes another sip of his drink.

"You laugh just like her, you know. I don't know what Pavel's told you but you two are so painfully similar."

"I'm guessing Pavel hasn't told me anything because I don't know who you're referring to."

Erik looks at her once more before finishing his drink. "You remember my tattoo, yeah? It's the last thing my girlfriend drew. We'd been drinking and drawing on the floor and I drew a pretty terrible picture of her and she drew the plane. That night... I... I won't go into the details or I'll start getting all emotional but she passed away later that night. You remind me of her. A lot. It's probably why Pavel was apprehensive about us meeting. You're just like her... You're intelligent, you're caring and kind... You're beautiful like her too..."

"What was her name?" Vienna asks, hoping to stray from him using terms that would get Pavel quite worked up if he were awake.

"Her name was Jezzie. I miss her so fucking much."

Pavel stirs and wakes up a little, muttering something in Russian and looking up at Vienna.

"He said he doesn't feel well," Erik says, saying something back to Pavel in Russian. Pavel nods and Erik stands up, steady considering the amount of alcohol he consumed. Vienna helps him up and takes him into the bathroom. Erik taking his other arm. "See, it never used to matter where he threw up because we were out in the bush. We didn't have this problem back then."

Erik places Pavel next to the toilet bowl and he groans, resting his head on top of his arm on the toilet and Vienna grimaces at him. He throws up a few minutes later and Vienna's just glad he didn't vomit on her when he woke up earlier.

Vienna makes Pavel brush his teeth before he gets into bed. He's half asleep and Vienna gives up, taking the brush from him and telling him to open his mouth. Erik snorts as he watches and Vienna glares at him through the bathroom mirror.

With a little help from Erik, Vienna manages to get Pavel into bed. She thanks Erik for helping him and she asks if he wants to crash on the couch again. He thanks her and leaves the room, bidding her goodnight.

Pavel wakes up with Vienna in his arms and he can't even remember getting into bed with her. He holds her close and smiles to himself. He has a headache but for now, he just wants to stay with her and try and go back to sleep.

Vienna stirs a little later and turns to face him. She's smiling at him when his eyes open and all he can do is smile back at her. He whispers a sleepy good morning and she kisses the end of his nose. He starts kissing her and she moves up a little to deepen their kiss. She giggles, running one of her hands through his hair.

Their kisses start turning playful and Pavel moves on top of Vienna, kissing along her neck and making her laugh. She can feel him pressing against her and she starts pushing her hips against his. He starts what they did last time, loving the way her giggles start turning into soft moans.

"Vienna, why is there a hot guy passed- Oh! Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" Amahle quickly leaves the room and Vienna and Pavel look at one another, faces going red.

"It's fine," Vienna says quickly. "Are you okay? You look really..."

"I'm sorry," he says quickly. "I'm... I'm okay. I just... I don't know how to react."

"We really need to start locking that door," she mumbles, looking to him with a soft smirk.

She kisses his cheek and gets up, tying up her hair and winking at Pavel before she leaves the room. Amahle is in the kitchen and grins at her as soon as she appears. She asks who the hot guy on the couch is and Vienna rolls her eyes, explaining that he's Pavel's brother.

"He's pretty, we should definitely go on a double date."

"I thought you weren't into guys?" Vienna asks, remembering that the last time Amahle brought back a female romantic interest.

"Oh honey, I like either. Especially when they're attractive and taller than me. He can stay as long as he wants. He can share my bed next time if he needs to."

Vienna laughs and Erik stirs on the couch. Amahle grins and asks what she was getting up to with Pavel. Vienna rolls her eyes at the question and nudges her side, hoping she doesn't actually expect an answer.