The BLTS Archive- Steam  Heat II: Preparation
by Joanne Collins (luchenbackoutlaw@gmail.com)

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All surprises require careful planning and preparation ;-).

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Harry hummed as he worked, a song from the twentieth century that his
husband had taught him, New Kid In Town. He sang it aloud, after
humming it through.

If someone had told him as recently as five years ago that he'd be
married to Tom Paris, he'd have laughed in their  faces. He'd have
insisted that he and Tom were friends, and nothing more. And he'd have
believed it.  Then. Not that he hadn't thought about Tom, hell, he'd
thought about Tom from the moment they'd met, but he had wanted to
stay faithful to the promise he'd made to Libby.  The promise he still
sometimes felt guilty over breaking, no matter how hard he tried.  He
felt that that proved that he *had* loved Libby, contrary to some of
the rumours he'd heard floating around the ship. He hoped that she
remembered him as he did her, with love, and that she had gone on with
her life.

Harry created a rock, one that he could move on, but to his naked skin
it felt like silk, not stone,  And a bench for Tom,  one that he could
easily see the rock with.  Harry created an image of Tom on the rock,
and was *almost* tempted to ask Tom to change places...but he decided
not to.

Then he began the steam, climbed up onto the rock, and that was when
he heard the holodeck doors open...

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The End