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“Your doctor is a funny man.”

Kathryn quickly backed away from the door as she stared at the Holodeck character in horror. “What?”

“Your doctor.” Mrs. Templeton repeated as she walked into Kathryn’s quarters, seemingly undeterred by her reaction. “He is a funny man.”

The Captain swallowed a few times and briefly closed her eyes. But when she opened them again, the housekeeper from her holonovel was still standing in front of her.

She hadn’t expected her to appear on the other side of the door. Not when she had been trying to get away from the hallucinations of Mark’s voice inside her head. And yet… here she was.

Now that the first sharpness of the shock was waning off, the Captain tried to reassure herself that the character was not really there and even if she was… she would have no memories of their previous ‘adventures’.

“Why would you say that?” Kathryn asked Templeton, stalling for time to figure out what she should do next. Maybe she should ask Kes to come to her quarters, to see if she could see the fictional woman too.

“This morning he said the funniest thing.” The housekeeper continued as she walked further into the room and looked around at Kathryn’s belongings. “He said that he thought he was the first hologram to give orders to a Captain.”

The stern woman sharply turned around to stare Kathryn straight in the eyes, challenging her. The Captain almost took a step back at the intensity of her gaze but she managed to hold her ground.

Mrs. Templeton cocked her head to the side and then smiled. “While we both know that that is not true, don’t we… Lucille.”

Kathryn was left utterly speechless. What was the housekeeper talking about? Did she… did she remember?

But she couldn’t have… There was no way that the hologram remembered their previous encounters. Kathryn had been very careful to delete all the memory files of her holonovel both times and to reset the parameters of the program back to its original settings. Otherwise she never would have let Harry and B’Elanna run a diagnostic on it this morning…

“Of course I know that that is not really your name.” Templeton laughed as she picked up a small statue from Kathryn’s coffee table. It had been a gift from her mother. “But let’s stay within our little game, shall we?”

“I… I don’t know what you are talking about.” Kathryn stuttered as she backed away towards the door.

“Come on now, Kathryn.” The housekeeper frowned at her. “Let’s not ruin things now. You can still call me ‘mistress’ if you want.”

That settled it. Somehow the holographic woman remembered everything. But then… Kathryn wasn’t entirely sure if the housekeeper was really there. She could still be just a figment of her imagination.

“I am frightening you.” Mrs. Templeton said with a gasp and her tone of voice changed drastically as she carefully set the statue back on the table, unharmed. “I’m sorry, that was not my intention. I thought… we could keep playing. Forgive me, please.”

She looked at Kathryn as if she was waiting for a reply but the Captain was unsure if she would ever be able to speak again. She merely watched as the other woman moved closer to her, the rustling of her skirts bringing back all kinds of memories.

“I remember everything, Kathryn.” Templeton finally said. “I remember your touch, your kisses… everything. I remember our little games and I was wondering… if you wanted to continue them. If that is why I am here.”

“I don’t… I don’t think this is the right time.” The Captain whispered as she watched one of Templeton’s hands coming up to touch her combadge.

The other woman frowned at the strange symbol, which to her must look very strange indeed. “You are not feeling well?”

“No… No, I am not.” Kathryn admitted freely.

“Maybe we should sit down then.” Templeton said as she turned back around and sat down on the couch as if it was the most natural thing to do. Yet she moved a little awkwardly, maybe because of her big skirts but there was also a blush on her cheeks. Kathryn finally realized that Templeton looked nervous. “We could just… talk.”

“Talk?” Kathryn asked surprised, they never had done much talking. However, she walked over to sit down anyway as if she was being drawn in by this woman who had previously only lived in her fantasies.

“Yes, talk.” Templeton nodded as she looked down at her hands. “I actually have something I wanted to ask you.”

The Captain sighed and gave in. She was too tired, too tightly strung to fight these delusions or mind games or whatever they were any longer. She would just give in and play it out, like a holodeck program. “What is it?”

Templeton looked up at her and her eyes flitted nervously back and forth between Kathryn’s. Her hands were wringing themselves together in her lap and she bit her lower lip for a while before taking in a deep breath to finally speak again. “Why did you, after every time we were… together, delete me?”

Kathryn stared at the holodeck’s character in shock. “Excuse me?”

“Why did you delete me right away?” Templeton asked again, even more nervously than the first time and with a hint of pleading in her voice. “Every time we were together, after we… you immediately deleted me.”

“I… I can’t…” The Captain was even more lost for words than before because this was the last thing she had expected Templeton to say. She could feel her cheeks start to heat up and her heart was beating faster. “I didn’t think you… would remember.”

“Ah… I see.” Templeton said as she quickly looked back down at her own hands again.

The awkward silence that followed was too much for the Captain and she quickly sprung back to her feet. This had gone too far. This whole situation was utterly ridiculous. She quickly walked back to the door, determined to return to Sick Bay.

“Please don’t leave.” Templeton’s voice called out, stopping Kathryn in her tracks.

She turned around to look at the other woman who had risen from the couch as well but was standing frozen in place.

“Please… don’t leave.”

“You are not real!” Kathryn shouted while pointing her finger directly at the other woman. “You have never been real!”

Templeton blinked at her and then opened her mouth but only a whisper came out. “I know.”

“You know?!” Kathryn asked a little hysterical, unsure where this whole conversation was going.

“Yes, I know, Kathryn.” Templeton said as she walked around the coffee table and towards Kathryn again. She stopped when the Captain raised both of her hands, as if to ward her off. “I know that I am not real to you. I know that I am a hologram. But isn’t your doctor a hologram too?”

“That is different!” Kathryn bit out. “He is… He is not a holodeck character!”

“Ah…” Templeton replied unsure. “So that is where you draw the line?”

“What line?!”

“The line between people and… objects! Fantasies! Things for you to use!”

“Yes!” Kathryn agreed even though her heart was telling her to shut up and think her answer over first. “Yes, alright! I admit it. I used you. I used your program as a… stress reliever. There I’ve said it. It might be weird, it might even be immoral. But yes, that is what I have done.”

A ringing silence followed her outburst and Templeton simply stared at her, unmoving.

“Is that why you deleted me? Because I am just a stress reliever?” She eventually asked again. “Because you did not want to form an emotional attachment with me?”

“Yes…” Kathryn sighed, feeling more exhausted than she had ever before. “Yes, that is why… I deleted you.”

Templeton pursed her lips, staring off into the distance as if she was thinking over Kathryn’s answer. “Alright then.”

“I’m sorry, what?” Kathryn asked, rubbing her eyes with her hands, convinced that she had misunderstood.

“I said, alright then.” Templeton repeated. “That is all I needed to know.”

“Well… Good.” Kathryn sighed, hoping that the character would just disappear now and leave her in peace.

“If I might just say one more thing, Kathryn.” The housekeeper continued instead. “You look very stressed right now… Maybe you need a little “stress relief” tonight?”

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Kathryn stared at the other woman, trying to figure out what exactly she had just said to her. “I don’t know what you… What?”

“I’m just saying…” Templeton said as her hand moved up until her thumb gently started stroking Kathryn’s cheek. “You look very stressed right now, maybe you can use some distraction.”

The whole situation had gotten too absurd for the Captain and she started laughing out loud.

She closed her eyes so that she didn’t have to look at the housekeeper from her holonovel any longer and just let the emotions wash over her.

“This is ridiculous…” She finally wheezed out and when she opened her eyes again, Templeton was still standing in front of her. Her arms were down now but the expression on her face hadn’t changed. “Are you serious?”

“I am.” The housekeeper said with a determined nod. “You look like you could use my help or… my instruction, if you will.”

Unable to keep standing this close together, Kathryn moved away from her and sat back down on the couch. However, Mrs. Templeton followed her right away and sat down next to her, but not close enough to be touching.

Without saying another word, Kathryn simply looked at the other woman. It was still strange to see her outside of the Holodeck and she knew that she couldn’t really be a hologram right now… They simply could not exist in her quarters. But what this version of Templeton truly was, Kathryn couldn’t tell.

“You are overthinking this.” The housekeeper finally broke the silence in her usual stern voice.

“Am I?” Kathryn scoffed with a short laugh. “You have to admit that this whole situation is rather ridiculous.”

“Perhaps… But that doesn’t mean that we can’t make the best of it, does it?”

The Captain sat back against the back of her couch and allowed herself to think that over.

Maybe the proposal wasn’t that strange after all? Maybe this was nothing more than extending her use of the Holodeck as a stress relief to her quarters… What else could she do now? Go back to Sick Bay? Be a helpless patient?

“When I came here, you looked like you wanted to leave this… place.” Templeton observed, gesturing with one of her hands towards the room. Apparently the woman from the Victorian Holodeck program was unsure how to best describe Kathryn’s living quarters. “Were you perhaps on your way to the Holodeck?”

“No…” Kathryn answered. “I wasn’t really going anywhere. I just wanted to get away from here.”

“Why was that?”

“Because I am hearing voices inside my head.” Kathryn admitted freely. “Voices of people that are lightyears away from here. Voice that I… don’t want to hear right now.”

“Are you still hearing those voices now?”

“No… Now I only see and hear you.” Kathryn pointed out.

“And is that better?” Templeton pressed on.

Kathryn took in a deep breath and enjoyed the silence for a few seconds while calmly looking around her room. “Yes.. Yes, that is better.”

“Good.” The housekeeper said with a thin smile. “So my presence here is helping you.”

“I guess so.” Kathryn sighed, running one hand over her forehead.

“Allow me to help you, Kathryn.” Templeton said as she moved closer to the Captain, her skirts pressing in against Kathryn’s leg. “I have helped you before… let me help you now.”

“This is just so… strange.” Kathryn laughed again. “This is crazy.”

“Perhaps. But if it makes you feel better… why should you stop it?”

Kathryn looked the other woman deep in the eyes. “You got me there.”

This isn’t real. She thought to herself. She isn’t real. It is just a fantasy. You still have some control. It is just to make you feel better.

“Being a Captain on a… starship,” Templeton almost choked on the last word. “It must be a very challenging job.”

“It is.” Kathryn agreed as she allowed the housekeeper to take hold of one of her hands and to softly stroke the skin of her fingers.

“Is that why you like to relinquish control to me on the Holodeck?” There was a strange light in Templeton’s eyes as she asked the question. “To follow orders instead of giving them?”

“Yes. I… I like that sometimes.”

“Do you do that with your fiancé?” Templeton nodded her head towards the picture of Mark and Molly that still stood on the nearby table.

“No.” Kathryn answered abruptly, she didn’t want to think about Mark right now. “No, I have never done that with him… nor with any other man for that matter.”

“How interesting.” Templeton looked down as her fingers gently glided over Kathryn’s wrist, sending shivers through her spine. “Yet you can do it with me… But then again, I can be whoever and whatever you want me to be.”

Those dark eyes shot up again to meet Kathryn’s and she could clearly read a hunger in them that was starting to resonate with the feelings inside her own body. She didn’t know what to say.

“Would you like to continue our little games, Kathryn? Would you like for me to be your mistress again?”

“Yes…” Kathryn breathed out, silencing her mind which was telling her that these hallucinations were running out of control. “Yes, I want that.”

“Good.” Templeton smiled up at her. “Good girl. Why don’t you show me to your bedroom then?”

Kathryn told herself to stop thinking and to just go with the flow of whatever was happening to her. She didn’t want to think of any consequences because all she cared about now was to feel better. To find some release from all the stress and fear she had been feeling. To give in.

That was why she stood up from the couch with Mrs. Templeton’s cold hand in her own, and that was why she led the other woman to her bedroom.

“How quaint.” The housekeeper observed as she looked around.

“Thank you.” Kathryn answered sarcastically.

“I don’t think I care very much for you tone, Kathryn.” Templeton immediately responded, moving closer to her and grasping her chin between the long fingers of her free hand. “Remember who is in charge now.”

For a few heartbeats, an internal struggle raged through the Captain. But she had already gone too far to turn back now. Her mind had been filled up with memories from their previous adventures and it had had an immediate impact on her body. She wanted the housekeeper to be in charge. She wanted her.

“Yes, mistress.” Kathryn sighed and the smile that appeared on Templeton’s thin lips was her reward.

Then those lips quickly descended on Kathryn’s and despite her knowledge that this wasn’t really happening, that this woman wasn’t really here, it still felt real enough to her. It felt good and she sunk further into the kiss, wrapping her arms around the housekeeper’s narrow waist.

Gently the older woman maneuvered them closer to the bed but then she pulled her head back to gasp for more air. “How do I undress you from this… strange attire.”

“I can do it myself. With your permission.” Kathryn gasped out, eager to keep going and to speed things up a little.

“Very well.” Templeton said as she fully released Kathryn and sat down on the edge of the bed. “Undress for me.”

A slight blush crept up on Kathryn’s cheeks but automatically her hands moved to her combadge, the thing she always took off first at the end of the day. However, that suddenly reminded her that she needed to do something else first.

“Computer.” Kathryn called out and Templeton only looked middle surprised at the interruption. “Lock the doors to my quarters. No one is allowed to enter without my permission and make sure that I cannot be disturbed.”

An answering beep echoed through the room and it almost made it feel like Kathryn was really back on the Holodeck again. She would imagine that she was there, living out a fantasy. Undisturbed and unjudged.

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Kathryn’s hands didn’t shake as they finally took off the combadge and then her Captain’s pips. She carefully put them on the night stand and then moved her hands back up to undo the zipper of her uniform jacket.

Mrs. Templeton’s gaze followed the movement of her fingers intently as the gray undershirt slowly became visible.

Kathryn in turn kept her eyes trained on the woman in front of her and when a tip of a tongue briefly flashed out to moisten her lips, a rush of arousal shot through the Captain and a thrill of enjoyment spurred her on to continue undressing herself.

The jacket was dropped to the floor without further ado and Kathryn’s fingers moved on to the zipper of her pants. She slowly pulled it down and perhaps it was her imagination but she thought that she could see the pupils in Templeton’s dark eyes dilate.

However, the Captain couldn’t take off her pants without taking off her boots first. She balanced on one foot and then the other as she quickly took those off and let them fall to the floor with loud thumps.

Her feet were bare and it felt good to touch the slightly cold floor. It made her remember how Templeton had briefly caressed one of her feet with her cold hands during their first encounter.

Maybe the housekeeper had a thing for feet because her eyes were focused on them now too…

Though when Kathryn’s hands moved back to the waistband of her pants, Templeton’s dark stare snapped back up and followed the garment’s descend down her legs.

The Captain stepped out of her pants with ease, moving closer to the bed in the progress. It felt so thrilling to undress for another woman like this. She did not feel self-conscious nor awkward. All she felt was desire even though no words were spoken. Desire for Templeton, for her dominance and in return the desire that was sent her way through those dark eyes.

Before she could pull the gray undershirt up over her head, though, Templeton’s stern voice stopped her. “Turn around.”

Kathryn immediately obeyed and only then pulled the shirt slowly up and over her head, baring her back to Templeton and enjoying the feeling of her hair falling on her bare shoulders. She held the shirt in one of her hands for a bit, swaying it back and forth before dropping it on top of her jacket.

“Face me again.” The next command echoed through the room and Kathryn slowly turned back intrigued by the curious tone in Templeton’s voice.

The Captain regretted not wearing better lingerie but of course she hadn’t been expecting this encounter at all when she got dressed in the morning.

However, Templeton seemed to enjoy the view all the same as she stood up from the bed and moved closer to Kathryn with outstretched hands and a curious look.

Her fingers gently made contact with the cotton cups of Kathryn’s bra. “What a strange garment…”

“It’s called a bra.” Kathryn explained. “It is more comfortable than a corset.”

“You have never worn a corset.” Templeton pointed out while her fingers moved to where Kathryn’s nipples were visible through the fabric. She started to move them in slow circles there, causing the Captain to open her mouth to let out her breathe in gasps.

“How do you… remove this?” The housekeeper asked, clearly intrigued.

“There are hooks in the back.” Kathryn breathed out and Templeton immediately walked around her, her fingers gliding over the bare skin of Kathryn’s arms before moving to the center of her back and sliding down along her spine.

An intense shiver went through the Captain and it earned her a short laugh from the other woman. “I see that your spine is sensitive in real life too.”

“It is… mistress.” Kathryn quickly added the last word, closing her eyes and enjoying the feeling that was so similar to what she had felt on the Holodeck.

But Templeton was on a mission and her fingers left Kathryn’s skin to fidget with the clasp of the bra. Surprisingly, she managed to open it rather quickly and as it sprung open, Kathryn moved up her hands to catch it and slide the straps down her shoulders.

“It is a very interesting garment.” The housekeeper observed as she watched Kathryn drop it to the floor. “But I prefer you without it.”

Kathryn leaned back, eager to feel more of Templeton’s touch as she felt the cold hands return to the skin of her back. Stroking up and down before grasping the waistband of her panties and suddenly yanking those down to the floor as well.

A little startled, Kathryn obediently stepped out of them and then jumped a little as she felt the housekeeper’s hands move to her waist and wrapping long fingers tightly around it.

“Relax, my girl.” Templeton whispered as she leaned in her head close to Kathryn’s ear.

The little hairs on the back of Kathryn’s neck immediately stood up straight but she let out a deep sigh all the same, forcing her body to relax into the comfort of the other woman’s.

Templeton moved her lips down from Kathryn’s ear to her neck and her tongue briefly flickered out again before her mouth started sucking on the sensitive skin.

“Oh, mistress.” Kathryn sighed as her own hands moved back to hold on to Templeton’s fully clothed body.

“Let me take care of you, Kathryn.” Templeton ordered her as she turned Kathryn back around, facing her directly and moving her hands up to cup her breasts. “Let me make you feel good.”

“Yes…” Kathryn breathed out, feeling the air move between their lips which were very close together. “Yes, I want that.”

As if she had been waiting for that confirmation, Templeton shot up one of her hands and grasped Kathryn roughly by the back of her neck, pulling her forward and crushing her naked body against hers. Her lips latched onto Kathryn’s, immediately forcing them open so that her tongue could push its way into her mouth.

The Captain could only moan as waves of arousal coursed through her body while her nipples grazed the rough texture of the housekeeper’s dress.

Templeton’s hands kept moving as they went to Kathryn’s hair and undid the pins there. The last piece of her Captain’s attire. They clattered to the ground as Templeton’s fingers roughly pulled the strands free, combing them and massaging Kathryn’s scalp at the same time.

“Please…” Kathryn moaned against Templeton’s mouth. “Please mistress, allow me to undress you too.”

With a gasp the housekeeper moved her head back. Her lips were bruised red from the kiss and her eyes were completely black. Her breathing was coming fast and yet she seemed to want to appear calm and in control. “I will allow that… You may undress me.”

Thrilled with the permission, Kathryn looked down at the dress but then hesitated. She had no idea where to start. “How do I begin, mistress?”

“There is a line of buttons on the back.” Templeton explained and this time it was Kathryn who walked around the other woman.

She found the line of buttons but they were quite delicate and her hands were shaking, so it took some time before she had moved down from Templeton’s shoulders, along her waist, to the small of her back where the line stopped.

A little impatient the housekeeper moved her own arms out of the sleeves and then started to bunch up the skirts to pull them over her head. Kathryn quickly grabbed as much of the material as she could and helped pull it all up and over the taller woman.

In their previous adventures, she had not spent much time admiring Templeton’s form but now she relished the sight of the white skin that seemed to blend in with the white undergarments. What attracted her the most, however, was the very narrow waist which was the result of the corset.

Gently, Kathryn wrapped her own hands around it and her fingers almost met each other in the middle.

“My corset.” Templeton gasped out as if she could read Kathryn’s mind. “Remove it.”

Kathryn thought she could almost hear the implied ‘please’ in that sentence but she was happy to follow direct orders in this fantasy. The strings of the corset were tight and it took some doing to release them, her fingers stung a little when she finally managed it but then she could pull the thing off.

She waited for Templeton to turn around but before she did, the housekeeper stepped out of the rest of her undergarments, apparently eager to speed things along.

Only then, when they were both fully naked, did she turn around again. Her movements were slow and there was quite a gentle look in her eyes again.

Kathryn noticed that but she could not look at it for too long. So her eyes moved down to Templeton’s breasts. They were bigger than her own and the nipples were darker but just as erect.

Slowly, Kathryn raised her hands and covered the other woman’s breasts lightly. Just touching the skin and feeling Templeton’s chest rise with every breath.

“How are you feeling, Kathryn?”

The question surprised her and it forced her to look back up into those dark eyes that before had been burning with hunger and now… were filled with some uncertainty.

“I feel… better. More relaxed.”

“That is good.” Templeton smiled and her own hands came up to Kathryn’s shoulders. “Do you still want me to… help you?”

“Yes… Yes, mistress. I do.”

“Good girl.” Templeton praised her as one of her hands moved up to cup her chin and angle it upwards.

Then she kissed her, but softly this time.

It was such a gentle kiss that Kathryn almost shied away from it but she could no longer ignore the wave of warmth that moved through her body. On instinct she moved in closer, wrapping her arms around Templeton and letting out a slight whimper before she could stop herself.

They kissed like that for a while until Kathryn’s body felt like liquid, pressed against the warm skin of the other woman. Only then, did the housekeeper pull back.

“I think… you might not only want this…” Templeton observed and her smile was slightly crooked now. “Perhaps you need this.”

Kathryn answered the mischievous smile on Templeton’s this lips as she took hold of one of the housekeeper’s hands and guided it between her legs. “Feel for yourself, mistress.”

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Perhaps it was the slow strip tease or perhaps it was all the stress from the past day, but Kathryn thought she was a little more sensitive down there than usual. She shivered as Templeton’s fingers moved through her folds, touching the wetness there.

“Ah yes…” The housekeeper purred. “You really do need this.”

“Please… please, mistress.” Kathryn begged, not caring how needy she sounded.

Templeton’s dark eyes moved back to Kathryn’s and her smile slowly faded, being replaced by a hungry look. “Let’s move this to your bed.”

Kathryn quickly walked towards it so that she could throw back the covers and then slide in first.

“Are you cold?” Templeton asked her as she followed, lying down next to Kathryn but not covering them with the blankets just yet.

“I am.” Kathryn nodded as she shivered against the cold sheets. However, she wasn’t entirely sure whether her shivers were caused by cold or by excitement.

Templeton didn’t ask as she picked up the covers and covered both of them anyway. On instinct they moved closer together and underneath the covers, arms wrapped themselves around the warm body next to them.

It felt good, it felt comforting and Kathryn could feel herself get back to her relaxed state. Why had she even hesitated to do this in the first place? Why not take advantage of these hallucinations and enjoy their positive sides?

“Good girl.” Templeton praised her while her hands ran up and down Kathryn’s back. “Relax now and let me lead you.”

“Yes, mistress.” Kathryn whispered, closing her eyes as she noticed Templeton moving in for another kiss.

It started out gentle and slow again but Kathryn quickly changed the pace. Her tongue flickered out to lick the other woman’s lips and they immediately parted for her. But before she could push it in, Templeton’s tongue reached out and danced with hers.

It was clear who was in charge and Kathryn submissively rolled a little further onto her back, holding on to Templeton and rolling her partly on top of her as a result. The added weight and the feeling of the tongue pushing into her mouth, excited Kathryn further and she quickly pressed her thighs together a little to alleviate some of the burning tension there.

The housekeeper instantly noticed because they were so closely pressed together and while one of her hands moved to Kathryn’s neck, the other moved down, over her stomach until they reached the soft hair at the apex of her thighs. The cold fingers lingered there for a while, playing with the curls and denying Kathryn the touch she really wanted and needed.

“Please…” Kathryn managed to gasp out between kisses. “Please, mistress. No more teasing, please.”

“Mmmm, you have been such a good girl.” Templeton purred, giving her praise as a reward and moving her fingers further down too.

Very eager, Kathryn slightly raised her knees and spread them open so that Templeton would have more space to move around in. She seemed to understand as she lifted one of her own legs to lie between Kathryn’s.

A little curious, Kathryn moved her thigh up, to press it against the other woman’s hot center and she let out a loud moan as she felt the wetness there.

“Yes…” Templeton moaned in turn as she pressed her hips down on Kathryn’s thigh. “You excite me too. Watching you undress was very… exhilarating. You make me… burn.”

An almost feral groan followed those last words and she moved her body further down so that she could suck on Kathryn’s neck again. The changed position also made it easier for her hands to explore Kathryn’s wet center and her fingers danced between the folds, pressing in here and there but not yet where Kathryn most wanted her to.

However, Kathryn was lost in the sensations that Templeton’s words had caused in her. She clung to the other woman’s shoulders with both of her hands and arched her head back to make it easier to breathe.

She felt the housekeeper slide further down her body, leaving a wet trail on her thigh and then on her knee. Her movements became more and more wild and then Templeton impatiently moved back up, raising herself on her knees and grasping one of Kathryn’s in her hands.

Without any words, she moved it to the side so that she could kneel between Kathryn’s legs while still being covered by the blankets.

For a moment, Kathryn wondered if it wouldn’t be too hard for Templeton to breathe down there but then she realized that the hologram didn’t need to breathe and then she realized… that she probably wasn’t even a hologram to begin with but only a figment of her imagination.

The Captain almost chuckled at these strange thoughts that were distracting her in this moment of passion but that laugh turned into a moan as Templeton’s mouth descended on her wet center just as a hand pinched one of Kathryn’s nipples.

“Oh!” Kathryn gasped out in surprise, arching her back up from the mattress. “Mistress… yes!”

Like before on the Holodeck, Templeton wasn’t gentle and Kathryn didn’t want her to be. She devoured Kathryn’s folds, moving her tongue up and down before pushing it slightly inside of her and then just as quickly pulling it out again. It flicked up to her clit from time to time but never at an even enough pace for Kathryn to be prepared for the pressure.

It drove her crazy and if it wasn’t for the hand that was pushing her down at her breast, she would have moved off the bed completely. “Mistress, please! Oh…”

Lips latched onto Kathryn’s clit in response and then the housekeeper started sucking hard on it. It was a little too much and a little painful at first but then the rhythmic throbbing took over and Kathryn started to move her hips in tandem.

Her own hands, which had been fisted in the sheets, moved up to tangle her fingers in her hair and she pulled on it slightly, needing to feel something throughout her whole body.

Quite fast, she could feel the tension building and she enjoyed the frantic pace of her lover, leading her closer and closer to her release.

But then, without warning, all of it stopped. Templeton’s mouth disappeared and so did her hand.

Kathryn groaned out loud in frustration and raised her upper body to look under the covers. She was almost afraid that Templeton had disappeared, that her hallucination had come to an end, just when she was about to fall.

Thankfully, the other woman was still there. She had just moved away so that she could move the covers up and away from them. Her eyes were wild as they looked at Kathryn’s face. “Are you still cold?”

“No… no, mistress.” Kathryn panted out, she wanted to describe what she was feeling, to tell Templeton how she was burning for her touch but her brain had forgotten how to do that.

“Good.” The other woman answered curtly and then she moved up to straddle one of Kathryn’s hips.

It was a little awkward at first and for a few seconds Kathryn didn’t understand what she was doing but then Templeton took hold of her hips and angled them upwards so that she could lower herself so that their centers were touching.

A loud moan escaped the housekeeper’s lips and Kathryn could do nothing else but lay back and stare at the woman who had started riding her.

Her dark hair had come loose and was dancing against her back. Her eyes were closed, her head was thrown back and her lips were slightly parted, allowing the moans and groans to escape freely.

Then Kathryn’s eyes moved further down and locked onto Templeton’s breasts which were bouncing up and down. Without a thought, she reached out and tried to cup them in her hands but it was difficult because of the housekeeper’s erratic movements and the distance between them.

Thankfully, Templeton seemed to understand and leaned in closer to Kathryn. One of her own hands came down to anchor herself against Kathryn’s hips while the other guided Kathryn’s hands back to her breasts. “Yes! Touch me.”

Another moan escaped Kathryn’s lips, both at the feeling of the soft skin against the palms of her hands and from the command. She tried to move her hips in tandem with Templeton’s but it was hard to focus while listening to sounds coming from between their legs.

“You feel so good against me.” Templeton panted out, looking more and more wild every minute as she towered over Kathryn. “You are so wet.”

“Yes!” Kathryn moaned out in response, both to the words as to the added pressure to her clit that was being pressed just right. “Yes, mistress! Please, don’t stop!”

Instead of stopping, the other woman only increased her pace. “I will take care… of you, Kathryn. I will lead… you to… bliss.”

“Fuck! Oh God, yes!” Kathryn threw back her head, arching her neck backwards and staring at the headboard.

But that was a mistake.

Templeton’s other hand, which had been resting on Kathryn’s knee, flew forward and grasped her around the throat. “Look at me!”

With a gasp, Kathryn quickly moved her gaze back to the other woman riding her. “Oh…”

“Keep your eyes on me, girl. You understand?”

“Yes, mistress… I’m… sorry.” Kathryn tried to speak but it was getting harder to do so.

Templeton’s movements were causing Kathryn to move around on the bed, jolting her against the mattress. And her hand… Her fingers kept themselves wrapped around Kathryn’s neck. They weren’t pressing in hard at all, just lying there and keeping Kathryn from moving her head back.

But it was enough to send a fresh wave of arousal through the Captain and she wanted more. However, she did not know how to say it. So instead she moved her own hand up and covered Templeton’s fingers and pushed down.

The housekeeper’s eyes widened as she understood what Kathryn wanted and then she let out another loud groan. The movements of her hips sped up even more, losing all kind of rhythm that she had had before. And then her fingers tightened.

She did it gradually and Kathryn kept her own fingers there until she was satisfied with the pressure. Then she moved her hand down to fist the sheets. Her mouth opened up in pants and a hot flush flashed throughout her entire body.

Her eyes were trapped in Templeton’s gaze.

“Kathryn…” The other woman gasped out desperately. “My Captain…”

A white flash blinded Kathryn’s vision and her hips surged upwards as the first wave of her climax crashed over her.

She let out a scream both in passion and in surprise because she had not felt the release coming so suddenly. Perhaps it was the use of her name or her rank, which were both quite surprising coming from the housekeeper. Or perhaps it was the continued pressure to her clit combined with the pressure on her neck.

Whatever it was that finally drove her over the edge, it kept her coming for quite a long time. All the while she kept her eyes open, staring up in desperation at the woman on top of her, taking in her wild form.

Templeton’s mouth was hanging open and her eyes were narrowed in concentration, keeping up the pace and chasing her own release.

Just when Kathryn’s climax seemed to subside, Templeton’s body seized up. Her hips stopped moving as her thighs trembled intensely. At first no sounds escaped her lips but then a very low growl followed.

“Kathryn!” Her name was strung out and as the last letters faded into the echoes of the room, Templeton’s hips pushed down hard and her hand fully clamped down on Kathryn’s neck.

The Captain just managed to let out a surprised gasp before she suddenly fell into another orgasm. The lack of blood flow to her head and the gushing of wetness between their legs had been enough to drive her into this second climax.

Kathryn’s eyes rolled back on their own accord and a small voice inside her mind wondered if she might pass out but she could not focus on that. All she felt was an earthshattering release that coursed throughout her body.

Then just as quickly as it had tightened, Templeton’s hand released the pressure on Kathryn’s neck and the following rush only prolonged her ecstasy.

By then, she was gasping for breath and she couldn’t feel her legs at all. It might have been the most intense climax that she had ever experienced. It took her a while to get back to herself and when she did… she was alone.

Her eyes flew open and she lifted her head but Templeton was nowhere to be seen.

“No…” Kathryn whispered. “No, please.”

The Captain sat up and looked around the room but she couldn’t find the other woman anywhere. “Please… don’t leave me now.”

“Do you want me to stay this time, Kathryn?”

Kathryn’s neck whipped around and she peered into a dark corner of the room. Templeton was standing there, still naked but her stern facial expression almost made her look like her old self again.

“Yes…” Kathryn whispered.

The housekeeper moved closer to the bed, coming back in full view and Kathryn noticed the glistening of the wetness that still clung to her thighs. “What was that, Kathryn?”

The Captain cleared her throat and looked the other woman straight in the eyes. “Yes, I want you to stay. Please.”

“Very well.” Templeton replied, as she reached out a hand and softly stroked Kathryn’s cheek.

Then she got back into the bed and laid down. Before she could fully settle in, Kathryn curled up against her body, hugging her tight.

“It’s okay, Kathryn.” Templeton soothed her. “Everything is going to be okay.”

Kathryn nodded slightly as she tried to quieten her mind. She did not want to think about anything right now. Not about hallucinations, alien influences or holograms. She just wanted to feel and sleep.

And when Templeton’s hands, which were quite warm now, started stroking her back up and down in a soothing rhythm, the Captain finally fell into a dreamless sleep, free of any delusions, nightmares or stress.