Star Potato
Ship: Taura/Peter Rating: General Summary: Captain Taura meets a hot alien.
"Increase to light speed," Captain Taura said. "And tell the robot to bring me a cup of tingly coffee and a horse sandwich."
A shimmering siren went off! "We're caught in a box Beam," the pilot said. "I think--"
A hauntingly light filled the bridge. Taura blinked and there in front of her was an alien. A tender alien, well, probably an alien. He actually looked nearly normal except for his dangerous hand and the box he was carrying. In fact, Taura thought he looked pretty great, for an alien.
The alien waved the box at Taura. "I am Peter of the Lovely System. You have violated our territory and must be destroyed like a ducking that lost it's mother!"
"Our mission is peaceful!" Taura yelled. "And anyway, you were the one who stopped us from leaving."
"Sorry," Peter said. "I don't make the rules." He tapped happily at the box.
Taura grabbed for her blaster but she had forgotten it against the wall. The ship was doomed for sure this time.
Just then the robot rolled into the room with the cup of tingly coffee and the horse sandwich. It bumped gently into Peter. Peter looked at the tingly coffee, then up at Taura. His hand seemed to get even more dangerous and he dropped his box. "I accept your romantic gesture," Peter said. "Of lunch."
"Um," Taura said. Maybe she should tell Peter that it was actually Taura's lunch.
"Also, I'll waive the destruction." Peter came up to Taura and took her arm, then kicked her loudly.
Taura felt her cheek become quiet and then gentle. She decided not to say anything about the lunch. She kicked Peter back for quite a long time, and squeezed Peter's dangerous hand.
"Every soft planet, it's the same soft thing," the pilot muttered and ate the horse sandwich.
