The joystick shook in my hand as the transport decelerated, I’d heard that antimass drives were supposed to be smoother than alcubiere drives, but I could never tell the difference, it always felt like the damn thing was about to fall apart. I flicked the intercom “reentering realspace” we were here, after a week of FTL we were deep in enemy space, far deeper, we hoped, than they would think to look. I got out of the pilot’s chair, needing to stretch my weakened legs, I removed my skulljack and nutrient input as well, it kept me alive, but couldn’t trick my brain into thinking I wasn’t hungry, I was starving, a week in the chair was the longest i’d ever gone. I opened the door to the crew quarters, observing my fire team, Red, Hyper and Lion sat around the table playing cards, Eyes and Priest were probably off in their quarters screwing, they pretended they weren’t together, and we pretended the same. A little team bonding never hurt, and so long as it never affected mission performance, I turned a blind eye. Red and Lion were together as well, they were more subtle though, a loving look here, a caress there, if I wasn’t trained to notice those things I would have been as oblivious as the rest of the team. “Hey Septa,” Red called as I walked into the room “you want in with the game?, winner gets the losers’ clothes” the games always had some ridiculous prize, usually something sexual, ‘winner gets the losers’ underwear’ or ‘lowest score sucks off the highest score’ I swear I was in command of the horniest fire team in the entire celestial marines. I humored them though, I was good enough at cards and needed something to de-stress “sure, deal me in, I just need to grab something to eat first” Red started to place a set of cards in front of an empty seat as I walked over to the food synthesizer. I pressed ‘surprise me’ and the machine began to hum, producing a fish fillet on a bed of fries, I couldn’t remember the last time I tried fish, so I picked it up with my bare hands and took a bite, my fangs sinking into the soft, lightly grilled flesh as I ripped off a chunk and swallowed it. “dang not even using a fork huh” Red called from across the room “remind me to never get sent to flight school, being stuck in a chair for a week sounds like torture.” “It is” I assured him after devouring the rest of my meal, “FTL transit is the worst part of flying, but combat while jacked in makes you feel so alive” the skulljack allowed the pilot to meld with the ship, seeing with its cameras and feeling with its sensors. “whatever you say septa, I just want no part of it” Red replied, “just get over here, we’re playing Texas hold ’em, remember, winner gets the losers’ clothes, so play smart if you don’t want to end up naked.” I had a few sets of clothes in my closet, so I wasn’t worried about being nude for to long, I wasn’t sure about the other three though, they had had an entire week to gamble away their stuff, and knowing Lion, he might be wearing his last set. “just give me the cards” I said, sitting down at the table “I need something to relax with after that jump.” Red passed me my cards, a pair of threes, not a bad hand, but not incredible, I made a modest starting bet before Red flipped the first card, another three, that was pretty good, I upped my bet and Lion folded, he must have had completely shit cards, he gets way too cocky when he has anything even remotely playable. The game continued to go as I expected, I lost some hands but my skill ensured that I continued to make gains, Red dealt me my hand, 10 ace unsuited, he proceeded to reveal a king, jack, and queen, all suited, I cursed that I didn’t have the right suit, but was entirely confident no one had a better hand “I’m all in” I said, pushing all my chips into the middle, as expected, Lion and Red folded, but Hyper grinned at me and matched, I was a little concerned, the look in his eye told me he had something good, but there was no way he had the royal flush, the odds were astronomical. I laid my cards out first “straight” I said, Hyper was good at keeping himself calm, but the grin on his face was unmistakable. “royal flush” he said, laying out the 10 and Ace of hearts. “are you fucking kidding me?” I was astonished, and from the looks on Lion and Red’s faces so were they, “now that’s not something you see everyday” Lion remarked. It didn’t take much longer to finish the game, Hyper cleaned out Lion and got Red with a bluff even I didn’t recognize. “alright losers, hand em over” Hyper gestured to our clothes. I sighed and started to strip, more annoyed at the loss of my clothes than at being nude, I had gone through basic with these guys, we had all seen each other naked before, we knew each other inside and out, literally, as we had all been present for the bionic augmentation implementations for the others, something about knowing how the augs functioned so we could better provide aid in an emergency. I felt the cool air of the ship on my scales, my nipples hardening in the cold “well, I’m going to go clean up and sleep, I’m exhausted. Red, you’re in command while I’m under” I opened the door to my quarters, a modest room with a small connected bathroom, I turned on the shower and looked in the mirror while I waited for it to heat up. Some pilots are able to stay in the chair for months on end during long haul cargo trips, I wasn’t one of them, I had tiredness etched across my features, from my drooping hood to the bags under my vertical slit eyes, I was a mess. I got in the shower, the hot water instantly making me feel more alert, perks of being lukewarm blooded I guess, eons of directed evolution went into the process, we still enjoyed sun and got sluggish in cold, but we didn’t go into torpor if the temperature got too low anymore, a blessing and a curse, sometimes I wish I could just hibernate for months like my ancestors. The door to the bathroom slid open, Hyper stepped in and looked at me. “do you need something? ” I asked. “I have a proposition for you” he said, grinning at me “I’ll give you your clothes back if I can fuck you.” I had expected something like this but was still surprised by his forthrightness. I knew Hyper was into me, it was etched into the way he looked at me, drinking in my slight curves. I considered his offer for a moment, my first instinct was to reject him, but it had been ages since my last fuck, and I did find Hyper rather pleasing to my eyes. “You know what Hyper? Sure, I’ll fuck you, but you have to give Red and Lion their clothes back too” Hyper’s eyes widened slightly, he had clearly been expecting a no “really? of course I’ll give them their stuff back.” He began stripping his own clothes off, I watched bemusedly, his body was a muted forest green, 6’1″ and with a standard if a little slim male build, his tail curled around his legs in anticipation. He pulled his underwear off last, revealing he was already hard “do you want me to wait on your bed?” he asked. I considered for a moment before replying “no, just get in the shower with me.” He eagerly obliged my instruction, opening the armorglass door and stepping into the shower. He was a few inches shorter than me, and he looked up at me expectantly “do you want me to ju-” I cut him off by kneeling down and taking his cock in my hand, he was slightly larger than average at 7″, I licked his tip and started stroking, going slowly at first before speeding up, I could feel his length start to twitch as he neared climax, but I wasn’t going to let him cum so fast, I slowed down and took the end of him into my mouth, wrapping my prehensile forked tongue around his tip. I started moving my hand faster again, bobbing my head along with it, he quickly approached climax again and this time I let him, I took his entire length into my mouth, the tip poking down my throat, and he came, blasting hot sticky ropes directly down my neck. I reaches down and slipped a few fingers into my folds, loosening myself up a bit for what comes next. I stood and pushed him onto the shower bench, getting hit in the face by his last shot of cum as I pulled away, he didn’t resist, his brain still in orgasm mode. I climbed carefully onto the bench on top of him, not wanting to risk a slip, and gingerly lowered my sex onto him, spearing myself on his still rock hard cock. He let out a low moan as I began to slowly rise and fall, bringing my hips closer to his with each cycle, it didn’t take him long to reach climax again, it didn’t take me long either, I took all of him inside me as we both came, my legs quivering and threatening to give out beneath me. we stayed like that for several minutes, breathing heavily as he painted my insides white, I finally took the initiative and lifted myself off him, letting out a small moan as cum dribbled out of my pussy, the water was still going, so I finished cleaning myself while Hyper recovered on the bench. “Th-thanks” he said, looking away. “It was fun,” I replied, turning off the shower “but I really need to sleep now.” I left Hyper in the bathroom and crawled into my bed, thankful that I had no reason to get up on time.