The BLTS Archive - The Grotto
by Agincourt (agincourte@geocities.com)

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All characters, ships, planets, moons, technology, sexual positions,
as well as ST TNG, DS9, and VOY and all related movies/specials/tv
episodes belong to Paramount/Viacom The author is in no way connected
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Her voice was animated, as it always was when she played games with
that insipid Ferengi. Kira had never understood why Dax saw fit to
associate with Quark. Perhaps it was out of a sense of charity. None
of the other officers trusted him enough to have any more contact with
him than they had to. But, as the game ended, Dax was laughing, and so
was Quark ( having won ). You're not jealous of the attention she
gives him, are you, Nerys, she asked herself. She shook the question
away. At least Jadzia was back to her old self. The Defiant had
returned from it's engine tests, having become a slightly more deadly
vessel ... faster, more maneuverable, more powerful. The difference
might be hard to notice, but it was there ... and her warrior's
instincts told her every little bit helped.

"Kira, are you going to sit there all night, or are we going? " the
Trill was asking, as she sat down in the chair opposite the Bajoran
Major. "I lost a bundle, all right." she said, counting the strips of
latinum she had managed to retain.

"In the name of the Prophets, I don't understand why you tolerate that
little Ferengi. He was probably cheating." Kira said, and then took a
sip of the colorful drink in her hand.

"Oh, don't be ridiculous. If he was cheating, I would have caught him.
I was playing this game before his grandfather learned to walk." Dax
grinned. "And anyway, I still have enough to pay for the trip I
promised you." She lowered her head slightly, and looked into Kira's
eyes.

Nerys thought about the promise Dax had made, to pay her back for
comforting her after the episode in the Delta quadrant. A trip to one
of the most romantic spots in the system, the waterfalls on the second
moon. Well, it *would* be fun. But what was this leading to? What had
happened between them, the tenderness and passion of that night ...
Kira had assumed it was a momentary thing, and Dax would go back to
her Klingon husband, and it would be forgotten. The character of this
trip seemed to suggest that Jadzia had set other plans in motion.

"Jadzia, I ... "

"What are you worried about? " Dax put her elbows on the table and
rested her chin in her hands, listening intently for Kiras' response.

"I just don't know if it's a good idea ... " Nerys started, then felt
unable to continue. She was yet again unable to formulate words for
Jadzia to hear. I hope this doesn't start to affect my work, Kira
thought.

Jadzia mulled that over for a moment, wondering if Kira really wasn't
interested in a more ... intimate relationship. That's not what her
eyes tell me ... that's not what her body language tells me. She's
afraid ... but of what?  "Nerys ... " she began slowly, almost
motherly " If you don't *want* to, that's fine I'll understand. I know
this kind of thing isn't what you're used to. But I think you *do*
want to ... and I know I do." She smiled. "There's nothing to worry
about. Worf doesn't mind, you know that. And we're both mature enough
to handle everything else." She reached out and took Kiras' hand in
her own. It was warm, compared to her hands, and soft, and she felt a
little squeeze.

Kiras' voice was softer now. "It's just that, you know how I feel
about you .. and I just don't want anything to come between us. I
don't know, if I get too ... attached ... what if I start getting
jealous? What if it doesn't work out ... what if... "

"Nerys, it's just a romantic trip." Dax said, her voice lowered as
well.  " I'm not asking you to fight Worf for my hand ... I just want
to be with you, off the station ... to spend some time together."

They looked at each other, and Kira quickly began to forget her
doubts. "Okay ... I'm ready."

"Good! " the Trill stood, and they walked out, headed for the shuttle
docks, and Kira laughed softly to herself at how silly she was being.
It was just taking their relationship to a different level, after all
... she wasn't really in *love* with Dax. They were just .. enjoying
each others' company.

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The runabout separated from the docking ring, turned a hundred and
eighty degrees, pitched up, and the engines fired, sending it hurtling
from the station at half impulse. As they cleared the stations'
navigation area, Jadzia pushed the shuttle up to full impulse, and set
it's course for the second moon of Bajor.

Kira was leaning back in her chair, eyes closed, trying to relax. "So
what do you want to do first? Picnic or exploring? Quark made us quite
a banquet ... "

"I know, I can smell it from here ... what is it? "

"Human food. Apparently he bought a new supply of replicator files
from Earth ... glad the Federation is sticking around, I guess. When I
asked him what it was, he only said, 'you'll love it, trust me' and
said to make sure we had these ..." she held up two sets of long
wooden sticks. "Apparently we're supposed to use these to eat with,
but damned if I can figure out how ... " Jadzia laughed, the warm
laugh that made people's hearts beat faster. Kira was no exception.

"Great .... " Nerys said, as the odor of the waiting banquet tortured
her. "Well, in the resistance we got used to eating with our hands. No
sense carrying utensils around, it's just extra weight."

Jadzia wondered about that. Kira had told her stories about life in
the resistance, but always they were about a particular person, or a
particular battle, never observations about the whole ... possibly,
Dax thought, because the whole was too much to think about.  Benjamin,
once, had misquoted to Curzon a general from Earth "War is hell."
Curzon had know the actual quote and it's origin, better than the
brash young Lieutenant Sisko, but had not corrected him because it was
good such a young man to have gotten the point of the reference. And
the point was what really mattered. It was a point Kira would
undoubtedly have agreed with.  Dax had seen enough war to know as
well.

"We're here ... settling into geosynchronous orbit." Jadzia was
manipulating the runabout's controls, and the blue-green moon lay off
to their right. "Ready to beam down? " she looked at Kira

"That was quick. Ready ... if you are." Nerys looked at Jadzia
sheepishly. The butterflies in her stomach were unusual. She hadn't
even been this nervous the first time she had gone into combat. Why
now? It's not like she hadn't already been intimate with Dax. Or with
another woman, for that matter. That had been a long time ago, when
she was barely an adult ... when she was in the resistance. You didn't
really worry about things like sex when people were constantly trying
to kill you. Sex just happened ... it was a release from the
ever-present boredom and momentary horror of wartime life. You just
found someone not doing anything and said something, well, direct, and
that was that. No questions, no emotional attachment ... usually it
had been men. Once or twice, women. But afterwards, nothing was said,
no promises made, no bond forged. And several times those partners of
convenience died soon after ... and she had felt no more loss than
when any of her other comrades had fallen.

"Then lets' go. I've picked a spot. I think you'll like it. And
there's nobody there, I scanned." Jadzia was getting up from her
chair, collecting the food container, and other various bags ...
containing what, Kira asked herself. What other surprises does she
have for me. Before she knew it, Jadzia had set them down again and
was in front of her, taking her hand, and looking her in the eye.

"Nerys, please tell me you're not going to be difficult ... I just
want to give you a nice afternoon, away from work, away from the
station." Jadzia said, almost desperately. "No strings attached,
okay? I promise."

That was too much. Nerys felt ashamed now, ridiculous for being so
childishly reticent about the whole ... affair. Jadzia obviously meant
that if Nerys wanted, they would just have lunch and that was all.
That made her chuckle. She leaned slightly forward and kissed Jadzia
softly on her lips. "I know, and I'm okay ... and I'll be the one to
tell you if there are no strings attached."

Jadzia, newly encouraged, got that smile which had to come from the
young, vibrant host and not the symbiont. She picked the packages back
up, and the two women stepped onto the transporter pad. "Energize."

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They materialized in a grassy area next to a stream, between cliffs on
one side and hills on the other. From atop the cliffs cascaded a
steady torrent of sparkling blue-white foam. It is beautiful, Nerys
thought, as she stood, momentarily carefree. As the slight breeze
shifted, she could feel the spray from the waterfall on her face, its
tiny cool fingers caressing her.  She closed her eyes, and
outstretched her arms, as if to take the scene and embrace it, and
then draw it into her so that she could keep it forever.  When she
opened her eyes again, Dax had laid a blanket out on the grass and was
setting the food out, carefully arranging the small containers in the
center.

"Now, what is this again? " Kira asked as she lowered herself,
cross-legged, onto the blanket.

"Quark only said that it was 'Chinese' ... I've never been there, so I
wouldn't really know ... San Francisco is a long was from China."
which, in their time, wasn't really true, but whenever she went to
Earth she was always so *busy* with something or other. Time is part
of distance, some physicists would say. Dax knew that to be true.

"Well, I'll give it a shot ... " Nerys kicked off her shoes, and laid
down across the blanket as Jadzia, after several valiant attempts to
use the sticks that Quark had provided, had resorted to doling the
food onto the plates with her fingers.

"You're getting into the habit of trying new things, aren't you? " the
Trill teased, as she handed Kiras' plate to her.  The Bajorans' face
was reddened as she took the food, and set it in front of her.

"If you keep teasing me like that, I'll toss you into the water. And
...  " Kira paused, then decided to go ahead and say it. " And anyway,
it wasn't exactly new ... I mean that I'd been with a woman before ...
nobody I really cared about, so I guess that was different." Jadzias'
face softened, knowing that Nerys found it difficult to expose her
feelings about people, especially to the people themselves. Kira
continued, while picking at the food on her plate absent-mindedly "
And I did like it; it was different, in a lot of ways, and ... "

"Nerys, you don't have to explain ... "

"No, but I want to." Kira put a small ... vegetable, presumably, into
her mouth, and rolled it over her tongue, savoring the taste before
she went on. "And to tell you the truth, I had fantasized about you.
Julian wasn't the only one, you know ... half the station has been in
.... has been lusting after you since the Federation showed up. When
the Dominion was in charge of the station, I was afraid I'd never see
you again, that I'd never get a chance to ... well, and then there's
Odo .... "         "There is Odo ... "         "Well, anyway ... I'm
glad that we did, and I wouldn't trade that for anything. Your
friendship means a great deal to me ... "

"Me too." Jadzia said, matter-of-factly, and popped a morsel into her
mouth, as she gazed first at Kira and then out at the babbling stream
beside them. They sat, silently, finishing their meal, as the
waterfall cascaded down, and the stream gurgled along.

Soon, they had finished the meal, and Jadzia packed up the containers
and refuse so that they would leave no mark on the idyllic scene.
"Well, I suppose we could go back if you're ready ... "

"That would require getting up, I assume .. " Kira teased, as she lay
back on the blanket, enjoying the sensation of the sunlight beating
down on her face, and the cool breeze through her hair. "I think I'd
like to stay here forever."

"Well, I wouldn't mind that ... though Benjamin would probably send
out a search party eventually." Jadzia said, lying back down onto the
blanket next to the Bajoran. "What would we do all day, here by
ourselves? " she asked coyly. The smile that came over Nerys' face was
her answer.

"I can only guess ... " Kira said, turning onto her side to face
Jadzia, and rubbing one bare foot with the other nervously. She smiled
" So ... is this going to be a regular thing? "

"Coming here? "

"You know what I mean." Kira said, exasperated. "Us ... this." She
reached out and took Jadzias' hand in her own. "I have to admit I was
unsure before ... but now I can't even remember what I was worried
about."

"You were worried that it would ruin our friendship, probably. Maybe
also that Worf, or Odo for that matter, would mind our new ...
relationship." Jadzia said, matter-of-factly. "I don't know about Odo,
but I told you before that Worf won't mind. He'll probably want to
watch ... " she smiled  " ... but we don't have to let him."

"I should think not. Although ... well, we'll cross that bridge when
we come to it." Kira pulled Jadzias' hand to her lips and kissed it
softly. "All I know is that I want you."  She moved closer to Dax as
she spoke, and their lips met .

Jadzia returned the kiss, and as their wet lips, tasting of soy sauce,
slid over each other, her hands moved out to pull Kira closer to her.
The moans Kira produced as the kiss grew more intense only increased
Daxs' desire. She pushed Nerys onto her back, and moved atop her,
without breaking the kiss. Their tongues met and played between their
lips as Jadzia's hands moved down Kiras' body, pausing to caress and
squeeze every part of the Bajoran through her uniform.

When Kira began pulling at Jadzias' uniform, her hands moved slowly,
methodically, as if performing a crucial yet delicate task. By the
time she had gotten to the trousers' fasteners they were moving much
faster, moving with a purpose. She could hear Jadizas' breathing as
she felt a soft wet tongue tracing the outline of her right ear. The
shivers that sensation produced stopped her hands, but the other woman
moved to complete the task for her.

Jadzia rose, pulling the last of her clothing, her panties, down and
off.  She stood there, before Kira, naked and unashamed, and entirely
without fear. Kira did not notice that her mouth hung open until
Jadzia bent down to place a soft kiss on it. Jadzia pulled her up, and
Kira smiled as her own uniform was unclasped and removed as skillfully
as it had ever been.  When Jadzia knelt down before Nerys to pull her
underwear down, Kira closed her eyes, and rested her hands on the
Trills' shoulders. They were both naked now, and Kira felt Daxs' cold
hands clasping the fleshy globes of her behind, squeezing them, and
pulling her slightly forward. Soon she felt a warm tongue tracing
around her stomach. Her knees began to feel weak, and she feared that
her legs would collapse.

As if on cue, Jadzia pulled her down, so that they were both on their
knees, facing each other. Their breasts grazed against each other as
they kissed, then were smashed together as the kiss developed. Kiras'
hands trembled as she ran them down the smooth skin of Jadzia's back,
to firmly grasp the other woman and press their bodies even closer
together, were that possible.

Without a word, they laid down on their sides facing each other, and
Jadiza pushed one leg between Kiras' thighs, her own thigh pressed
against the Bajoran's womanhood. The kiss had not yet ended when Kira
felt the leg replaced by an experienced hand.

Jadzia pulled her mouth away from Kira long enough to whisper in
Kiras' ear.  " Tell me what you want me to do, Nerys "

Nerys hesitated long enough for Dax to wonder if the woman knew what
she wanted. "I want ... you to stop talking! " Kira shouted, as she
broke Jadzia's grip on her hands and pushed Jadzia off of her. Quickly
she moved atop the woman, and pinned her down. "That's more like it."

"I'm sure ... " Jadzia now felt Kira's lips moving down to her neck,
and she closed her eyes and waited for the exquisite assault to begin.
Soon she felt teeth gently clasped on one nipple, and her back arched
involuntarily as the tongue behind the teeth began flicking across the
tip. Kira released the Trills' hands so that she could move further
down, and Jadzia placed them on the woman's' head as she felt the
tongue tracing down the inward curve of her stomach.

Jadzia crossed her heels behind Kiras' back as the Bajoran passed her
waist, the soft lips placing tiny kisses on the sensitive skin of her
inner thighs. She pushed Kira's head into her instinctively.

"Mmmmph." Kira said, and Jadzia immediately released her grasp on the
woman.

"Sorry, " Jadzia said, embarrassed. Kira only smiled as she resumed
her attentions, her tongue tracing along Daxs' labia as one hand
reached up to squeeze her breasts. The other was between her own legs,
rubbing at the already moist clitoris. Soon she began to lick Jadzia,
both of them moaning with each stroke of the hand or tongue.

"You ... " Jadzia gasped " are really very good at ...  that ....
unghhh ... "

Kira paused long enough to laugh. "And I'm not that experienced ... "
She moved her hand from her own sopping womanhood to continue what her
mouth had begun, as she slowly kissed her way back up Jadzias'
quivering stomach.  Her hand moved faster as she got to Jadzias'
breasts, and as the Trills' fingers found Kiras' clit.

Jadzia came just as Kira's lips found her open mouth, and clamped down
upon it, their saliva mixing with Jadzias' juices, and only the weight
of Nerys' body kept the spasms from rocking the Trills' body apart.

They held on tightly to each other for a while, Kira gazing
contentedly down at Jadzias' closed eyes, and the satiated expression
on her face. "What are you thinking? "

The eyes still did not open, but a squeeze from firm arms acknowledged
the question. "I'm thinking .... that we waited way too long to do
this."

Kira moved off Jadzia, and lay beside her, one hand propping her head
up, the other tracing lazy circles on Jadzias' stomach. " Well ... I
guess we'll just have to make up for lost time."

Jadzia chuckled to herself as she moved to take Kira in her arms
again. After a long while, they rose and bathed in the cool water of
the stream and the falls. Their playful splashes and giggles rebounded
off the rocky cliff, and their wet skin glistened in the afternoon
sun.

Jadzia stepped out of the water and grabbed the blanket,  so that she
could begin drying herself. Kira watched as she dabbed the blanket
down her body. "How different is it for you to have a female host, and
be with a woman? After having been a man, I mean."

"Well, " Jadzia began collecting her clothes as Kira took the blanket
and began drying her own skin " The way I feel about sex really
doesn't have anything to do with whether the host is a male or female.
There are things to enjoy about both ... " She smiled at Kira.
"Although I have to admit there are things that I'd like to do with
you that I cant ... at least without that Risan vibrator."

Jadzia saw the blush that spread across Kiras' chest as the Bajoran
began pulling her own uniform on. "Well I guess we'll have to bring it
along next time."

When they were fully dressed, they took one last look around the
idyllic grotto that would now be forever theirs, and beamed back to
the runabout.

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The End