[OOC: this goes back to before he left the quarters he was given on Spacedock and went wandering into the seedy part of the place. *g*]
Steven unpacked his things to the extent that he had enough to work with before getting his new assignment. Of course, what he hadn't counted on was what he had found in one of his suitcases. It was a little silver frame of he and his ex-wife on their wedding day. Along with a short length of chain with both their wedding bands on it. They had looked so damn happy that day. She was a vision in white and pearl. He wore his best non-Starfleet suit and the pair of them looked as though they could go on forever. Well. Forever had been two years. A month after their second wedding anniversary, he had come home from a day at the office to find that she was with someone else. Another woman, actually. In their marriage bed. The divorce which had followed was amicable, but there was still pain involved. He had requested a leave of absence of six months and explained the reasons behind it. Now, he was returning to active duty a month after the final papers had been signed. The mourning period was over. It was time to get on with his life. So he had accepted an assignment as cloaked in secrecy as was possible, and was waiting for further instructions after receiving orders to go to Spacedock and wait. "Forget this. Maybe it won't hurt as much later." he muttered under his breath, tossing the small memento into a box and burying it in the suitcase. He changed out of the tank top and shorts he'd worn after he'd tried to go to sleep and failed. After that, he made sure he had the necessary things with him and left the room. [Start of wandering into bar post - previous] Liridian out.
