Tombstone Estate

[Doc Holliday]

Location: [TAZ]Med.Force.One
Omicron Theta

Dr. John Holliday had spent the last two weeks on his investment tending to the injured from the Freeport bombings. Med Force stayed on site, providing external energy to the station while repairs were made. The entire base staff of Freeport 5 also considered Med.Force home until there own base was fixed. For some, they had to stay due to severe blast and radiation burns, many undergoing skin graft operations.

For one night, he put his best suit on as Midori had arrived courtesy of Commissar Katz. It had been awhile since they were together. On this night, she decided to make a candlelight dinner in their quarters. Traditional Kusari foods were prepared as they both enjoyed them. But, something was different, very different, at least for him.
"Go ahead," she motioned, "go sit. I be right in with our dinner." He just smiled and went into the dining room in their quarters which had a great view of space. Approaching the table, he noticed something....different. At first in the candlelight, he didn't pick it up. Two place settings, fork on the left over a napkin, knife and spoon on the right with the knife on the inside, blade turned in and a pair a chopsticks on either plate. Nothing unusual there. Still, something was different.
The wine glasses. No, they were the same. Then he found it. It should have been obvious but after a long stretch of days, even easy things get overlooked.

A chair was on the side of the table, a high chair with a teddy bear in it. "What the..." he said quietly, taking the bear and looking at it. He then stood frozen for a moment. He turned with the bear in his hands to find his wife silently standing a few feet away in her evening dress. She saw the bear in his hands and the look of shock in his face. She cracked a weak smile as some tears ran down her face.
He cocked his head a bit, "When did you find out?"
"A few days ago," she whispered, "I was not feeling well. Kathy check me over and tell me." She then stood silently for a moment as she choked back a bit to control her tears of joy, unsure of how he felt. "John Henry, I hope you are happy."

He turned to put the bear down. Turning back, he approached her and placed his hands over her stomach. He smiled a bit himself as he looked into her eyes, "Miss Sato, I have never been happier." He then kissed her and dried her face.
"You will notice that I put out bottle of fruit bubbly to celebrate with," she explained.
He then poured the glasses full of fruit bubbly. Toasting each other, they drank.
"Did Kathy say how far along you were?" he asked.
"She say about 2 months," she replied.

With that, they had their dinner and enjoyed a peaceful night together.

*more to come*

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