CorsoRiggs

Corso was the first one in the office the next morning, and even he wasn’t sure why.  He’d woken up wrapped around Miriah, and since Devin wasn’t awake yet, he was going to get up quietly and let her sleep.  She had different ideas when she felt him move away from her, though, and he could never walk away from his beautiful wife when she was sleepy eyed and wanting him.  He entered the building whistling and very pleased with himself, smiling as he recalled her promise for later.  He disabled the security, which he was glad to note had not been touched since he’d checked it late yesterday, and reset the alarm. His ide

Aric picked his head up off the pavement and saw that Maura was just ahead of him, scrambling to her feet and reaching behind her for his hand.  She pulled him up and they stumbled forward, just trying to get out of the crowd rushing toward them.  Aric couldn’t hear anything, the blast had temporarily deafened him, and he just trusted Maura’s instincts to get them out of the immediate blast zone.   He didn’t feel any injuries other than the impact with the ground, but he could see Maura with gashes in the back of her shirt and figured he had some as well.  At least we were looking away when it happened, he thought. Maura su

The nondescript building sat at the far edge of the ranch, and from the outside just looked like a storage area.  But that was just fine with the ones who’d built it.  They preferred it to be written off, just another outbuilding on a ranch that had many different structures on it.  It wasn’t large, but the outside dimensions were deceptive, as the inside of the building went underground as well.  They’d decided to build it here primarily because it was almost exactly equidistant from each of the couple’s houses.  It also bears noting that the inside contained a nursery and playroom, at odds with its main function.  Th

Maura crashed through the outer door, her hands full with the twins, all damp from the rain that had started.  Colin and Calleigh had just slid down their mom’s legs when Maura noted that Miriah was looking at her with a puzzled face, just before she broke into a smile for her niece and nephew. “Hey guys,” Miriah told them as Calleigh ran to her aunt for a hug.  Colin headed straight for the playroom, his building blocks holding more interest than the women for him.  Calleigh lifted her arms, and Miriah absently picked her up, “Hey, Maura, did Aric tell you anything about this next mission?  The data chip he left for

Corso didn’t dream, but he didn’t sleep long either.  After a couple of hours, he woke with a start and scrambled off the scratchy, hard fabric of the short couch he’d been slumped on.  He quickly showered and changed, thankful Akaavi had grabbed a bag from the ship when she’d arranged these rooms.   He hurried down to the double doors guarding his wife, hoping to get a tech to let him see her again.  He was in luck, and the female tech had heard about the situation.  Her colleagues had told her of his story, and how he’d seemed so devoted to the woman who was in stasis. The tech had yet to experience any emotion

Magdalane paced, a growing unease deep in her mind.  Something was…..wrong.  Something she just couldn’t put her finger on.  She roamed the ship, looking both with her eyes and her mind, and couldn’t find it.  Only when the droid told her she had a priority call, and she saw Akaavi Spaar at the other end, did she know.  Miriah’s hurting, she thought, even before the Mandalorian spoke a word.  Akaavi told Magdalane what was going on, and was gone abruptly, moving on to notify Maura in her clipped yet concerned fashion. “Felix, we’re heading to Carrick, okay?  Miriah is in trouble.”  She moved quickly

Magdalane felt very distant from her sisters, and knew it was because she had been staying away from Dantooine.  She felt she’d needed time, with her husband and herself, to get used to being pregnant.  Not to mention the sickness she’d had to force away every day.  She knew it wasn’t unusual to want to keep to herself at this stage, but she’d begun to feel guilty that she’d not been in contact with them, Miriah especially.  Mags knew her youngest sister was a little disappointed that she would be facing her delivery without force help, and that sat on top of Magdalane’s guilt.  When she’d spent an en

Miriah woke, not for the first time that night.  Her almost seven month’s pregnant self was having increasing difficulty getting comfortable, not to mention that her son was particularly restless at night.  Hope that’s not an omen, she thought, I really don’t want Devin to be a fellow insomniac.  She slid out of bed, knowing that Corso was working harder with the herds than ever, and was beyond tired when he finally came to bed.  She quietly left their room, grabbed some clothes from the laundry area, and silently dressed. Grabbing a bottle of water and some cookies she’d made yesterday, she walked outside and looked

Maura was a little disconcerted at the total silence in the ship.  One year and one month ago, she thought, I had just given birth to the twins, and now I’m leaving them.  She’d been moving in a daze all day, not really seeing anything around her, just feeling lost and empty.  Since the twins had become mobile, the ship just wasn’t big enough or safe enough for tiny hands that pulled and twisted things, so they’d decided that they’d try, for this mission, to leave the twins at home.  With Miriah.  Who volunteered, even though she had to do some contortions to get around her pregnant belly to pick them up.  They b

Maura got the twins settled in the apartment and Elara stayed with them.  She made her way down to the med center, spotting the family quickly at the benches outside.  As she hurried to join them, she saw Aric break away from the group to meet her, a long hug and kiss telling her he was stressed.  She looked at the anxious faces around her, took a deep breath, and her natural leadership kicked in to allow her to take control of the situation. “So, where do things stand now?” she asked, looking first at Corso, who had definitely seen better days, and Mags, who was pale and looked a little shaky. “She’s awake, off and