Scifi Adventure
“I can’t believe you got us stuck here,” Carmilla grumbled, flicking her hair out of her eyes as she reached behind a rather awkwardly placed piston with a wrench.
“I got us stuck here!?” Laura said indignantly, standing behind Carmilla with her hands on her hips.
“You were the one who wanted to come here!” Came the muffled reply, causing Laura to balk.
“You’re the one who said we’d be fine with a faulty piston, engineer Karnstein!”
Carmilla shuffled out from under the ship and glared at Laura. “Bite me, Laura.”
Laura scowled and stomped back into the ship, throwing her helmet down on her pilot’s seat. This was a disaster. She had it all planned out and it all went to shit. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, and then nudged the box she’d brought and stowed under one of the benches in the back further under it.
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Several hours passed, and Carmilla finally got the piston working again. She sighed and wiped her hands on her pants and then packed up her toolbox and headed back into the small ship.
“Laura?” Carmilla called, catching a glimpse of Laura’s helmet thrown haphazardly onto the pilot’s seat. They’d both had a little time to cool down, and Carmilla could feel guilt squirming in her stomach. She knew she shouldn’t have snapped at Laura.
“Back here,” Laura said quietly from where she was stretched out along one of the benches that ran along the wall of the ship, her body similarly guilt-ridden.
Carmilla ducked down and smiled a little when she saw her. “Hey,” She said softly, pausing in the opening that joined the cockpit to the back of the ship.
“Hey,” Laura said quietly, with a small smile.
“I uh...I’m sorry I snapped,” Carmilla said, looking down at her feet as she fidgeted with her hair. “before,”
“It’s okay,” Laura said, sitting up. “I’m sorry too,” She patted the spot next to her.
Carmilla sat beside Laura and let her pinky lay over the tiny pilot’s. “Why did you want to come here anyways? There’s nothing here,”
Laura blushed and looked down, suddenly feeling nervous again like she had that morning. “I wanted to show you the moonrise,” She said with a little shrug. “I know you love the stars and the moon, and I’ve heard that you can see everything really well from this planet. I brought champagne and those chocolates you like.” Laura’s shoulder slumped though after a moment. “we missed it, though,”
Carmilla’s face softened, and she smiled, pressing a kiss to her cheek. “We could stay until tomorrow night,” Carmilla said, lacing her fingers with Laura’s.
Laura looked up at her, her eyes brightening up. “Yeah?” She asked, the hint of an excited smile gracing her lips.
“Yeah, I mean we have a box of provisions and blankets back there, we’ll be fine,” Carmilla said with a shrug, trying very hard to hide the blush that was creeping up her cheeks.
Laura squealed excitedly and threw her arms around Carmilla’s neck. “Thank you,” She whispered in Carmilla’s ear, her own blush blooming across her cheeks as she felt Carmilla chuckle against her. “I really wanted to show you,”
“We’ll see it, then,” Carmilla murmured, holding her close.
Laura pulled away abruptly a moment later though, looking at Carmilla with worried eyes.
“What?” Carmilla asked.
“We’re going to be able to get home, right?” Laura asked.
“I fixed the piston, Cupcake, don’t worry,” Carmilla chuckled. “We’ll be back to the ginger twins just fine,”