"The Zealous"

[Geoffacake]

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Location: Schatten, Holo deck.
Subject: Its done.

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Working on the schematics of the Liners supercomputer, they both seem relaxed in each other’s company. ‘Zeal’ moving her hands around joining and creating new parts of the supercomputer while Geoff walks around only admiring the construct that she builds.
'Zeal': "Mphmmm, designs are almost done, feels like I’m burning myself out."
Geoff: "I know, I’m glad you dragged me out the office. I can’t stand the paperwork."
'Zeal': "You’re welcome, I can’t exactly thank you enough for skipping out on paperwork just for some company. Its just been so quiet that I might do something drastic."
Geoff: "Well, I can’t exactly leave you alone for too long can I, because for your sake you’d just- (BEEP BEEP)"
Geoff pulls out his phone, reading a screen full of text, muttering broken words but then freezing for a moment, his face starts to stream a single tear.
'Zeal': "So yeah I thought that the supercomputer needed direct piping for the cryo-coolent so tha-… Are you alright?!"
Geoff: “Oho, no-nothing its just…?"
Enfield slowly walks upto ‘Zeal’, enveloping her in his arms, her touch glowing on contact with him.
'Zeal': "Something’s up, you don’t do this, what’s going-"
He turns his phone towards ‘Zeal’ letting her see the phones screen, she reads the text on the screen silently. But proceeds to hug Geoff tighter in return
'Zeal': "Is it-?"
Geoff: "It’s done, its bloody done."
Holding each other for a moment in the ambience of the humming electronics inside the holodeck.
'Zeal': "Home is that what you call it?"
Geoff: "Yeah~ Home."
'Zeal': "I like that word, Home."
Geoff: "I’ll ask Koch for a team, see if we can pick the liner up without kusarian suspicion, lets it goes smoothly."

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