Chapter 50 - Teaser! (Patreon)

I had no idea coming up with a plan to rebuild a post-apocalyptic world would be so hard! I have a feeling this chapter will divide some folks, some liking the idea of it, others wishing for more action, but I feel it's an important chapter to build. I should have the chapter finished and published by Sunday night. :-)

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As I had expected, given the intimate moments we’d shared, Amy was the one to break the silence. It was a little harder to be afraid or nervous of someone that you’d had amazing rocking sex with.

“So, is Picard really bald?” she asked, a hint of mischievousness in her eyes.

My brain practically short circuited for a moment at the question. Of all the many valid and reasonable questions about the Star Trek universe that she could have asked first, she had asked that. I laughed uproariously at the sheer ridiculousness of the situation.

“Thank you for that, Amy, this awkward silence was getting a little much,” I joked right back with a large smile. “Yes, he actually is bald in the Star Trek dimension, but younger looking than Patrick Stewart. In fact, all of the characters you’re familiar with look younger than the actors who played them as the medical technology is much more advanced. Data looks the same, though for obvious reasons.”

“So Picard just decided to keep it natural?” Andrea asked confused, a hint of a smile on her face too.

“Yeah, at least I think so. There are ways to stimulate hair growth so I’m assuming he just decided to keep it natural,” I said with a shrug, speculating a little. “I mean I never specifically asked him. Given everything else that was going on at the time I felt like it was probably the least important thing to ask about and I certainly wanted to avoid anything that drew attention to my origins or my extradimensional knowledge of the Star Trek universe.”