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You just stepped out of your transport ship and entered the famous U.S.S. Enterprise when you were already greeted by a man in a red shirt whom you gave a copy of the cargo list. God. How jealous you were of all those lucky people who have the privilege to work on the best spaceship of the federation.
You are a pilot, but not an important one. You just deliver spare parts for the machinery and medical equipment to actual ships and then fly back to the station to repeat the process. You thought of yourself as just a fancy delivery girl. An important job sure, but still not as glamorous as working on the enterprise
But before you could go to your given quarters, you had to go to the bridge to report of your arrival as well as your engine problems. Should not be a big problem, right? Well, you thought wrong. The Enterprise is not a normal ship and definitely not as tiny transport ship as yours. It is gigantic! And for someone who was never on such a huge ship it was really difficult to find your way around.
You have been walking around the Enterprise for a while, until someone noticed how lost you were. The person, who introduced himself as Montgomery Scott, was friendly enough to accompany your to the bridge without making a rude comment about your sense of direction or lack of it.
The second you stood inside the elevator, which was on its way to the bridge, your heart started to race. It was not your first time on a bridge, but you’ve never been on the bridge. By god! The enterprise is something special! This crew you are about to meet saved uncountable numbers of people, saved the earth twice and just last year Yorktown! You have every right to be nervous.
As the doors opened, and you saw the busy staff rushing from one destination to another, you forgot how to breathe for a second. Were it not for Mr. Scott nobody would have taken notice of you. “Oi Captain! This young lass needs you to sign some papers”, he said rather loudly, causing everyone to stop what they were doing to look at you and your companion.
You tried your best, but could not stop your cheeks to get warm as you walked towards the Captain. “Sir, it is a pleasure to meet you as well as your crew. My name is [Y/A] and I am the pilot of the transport ship you requested. I need you to sign off the cargo, to make sure it has reached its destination, Sir”, you said and were positively surprised that you didn’t stutter or let anyone notice how nervous you were to be here.
“Of course. I just need to let someone check if everything on this list is here before I can sign anything. Would that be all for the moment?” Captain Kirk asked while he browsed through the list to which you answered with a shot “Yes, Sir”
You just wanted to leave the bridge when Captain Kirk spoke again “Mister Chekov, unless I am mistaken your shift is finished. Would you please accompany Miss [Y/L/N) to her quarters. And give her a little tour while you’re at it. The Enterprise is quiet big and we don’t want her to get lost again”. Of course the Captain noticed that you were lost. Why else would you be so late and in the company of another officer.
You could already feel your cheeks getting hot again, when Mister Chekov got out of his chair and walked towards you. Of course you heard the stories about the Russian whiz kid who was the navigator of the best spaceship with only seventeen years. But what the stories didn’t tell was how cute he is. “Hello, my name is Pavel Chekov”, he introduced himself even though the Captain already said his name.
“I know”, was all you said not even noticing how stupid that sounds. But it was the truth. Everybody who studied at Starfleet knows this crew. “Good, zen let’s get zis ‘tour’ going”, he suggested with a big smile. If you didn’t know he was from Russia before you would know now because of his adorable accent. You nodded and followed him on the tour.
And for the next two weeks you two were inseparable. Every moment he was free from his work as navigator, he spent with you. The two of you talked about everything. He told you about everything. He told you a lot about himself, the Enterprise and its mechanics, while claiming that nearly everything on board was ‘inwented in Russia’.
You told him everything about yourself, that you named you transport ship Albatross even if only actual spaceships got names, how you always wanted to be a space pilot and that even if you technically fulfilled this dream you were not happy. You told him that you wanted to be on the Enterprise but just didn’t make the cut
It have been just two weeks you spent on the Enterprise but still a strong friendship formed between the two of you.
Everything seemed to be perfect until the day you feared arrived. Your broken engine, the only reason you were still on board, was fixed. To put it simple your stay on this ship was now over. Meaning that you had to leave your newly found friends and go back to your boring days as a fancy delivery girl.
You were already beside your transport ship when the doors suddenly opened. Chekov, who seemed to be out of breath, ran towards you. You did not tell him that you were leaving, not wanting to say goodbye because you knew you would just start to cry like a baby.
“Why did you not tell me you are leaving? If it was not for ze Keptin I would not have known it until you were gone”, he asked you, clearly upset with your dishonesty.
“I-..I just didn’t want to say goodbye. I’m not good at this.” you stuttered. Even though you tried your best, you couldn’t stop the tears falling down your cheeks which lead to you getting pulled into a firm hug and him promising you that it is not a goodbye forever, that you will meet again and that you can always video. Not wanting to let go you just nodded, while brushing away your tears.
You do not know for how long you two just stood in the hangar embracing each other, but when he let you go you saw that he also had tears in his eyes.
“Goodbye Pavel”, you said, trying not to sob so it would not be harder for both of you before you opened the ship’s door. Waving one last time you entered you ship before you flown away, hoping his promise would fulfill soon.