Sam looked up from the table in her lab when she heard the door open.

    "Hey." She said in greeting but when the other woman didn't answer, she continued. "If you're looking for Daniel, I think he went to the cafeteria." Still the other woman said nothing. Sam sat watching the other woman looking at the different machines and printouts.

    It had been nearly two years and although the memory of Janet still hurt, Sam was ready to move on. As she watched, she started seeing her visitor in smaller details. The muscles in her arms seemed to have been finely chiseled. The soft rounded shapes of flesh that Vala's tight leather attire suggested made Sam's mouth go dry as she finally stopped her tour of the lab and leaned across the table towards her.

    "Uh..." Sam started but was silenced by Vala's finger at her lips.

    "You really ought to relax more Sam" She said moving around the table to stand at Sam's side, turning her towards her, that characteristic twinkle in her eyes deepening. Vala leaned in and when her lips connected with Sam's it was like fire. A testament to Sam's mental fortitude, she had the willpower to flip the desk lamp off before letting herself go, returning Vala's kiss with pent up desire.

    Vala's leather gave way to the shapely body it had promised and Sam's fatigues were long gone. Vala's tongue sent waves of shivers through Sam's body, playing over neck, shoulders, chest, and finding its way to one erect nipple. Sam shuddered as Vala gently raked her teeth across it, sucking, then moving down, drawing a moist path to her navel, nipping at the skin of her lower stomach. Sam didn't notice when Vala pinned her to the table, printouts trapped beneath her. She gasped from another demanding nip at her inner thigh. Sam bent her leg, resting her foot on the table, almost desperate with anticipation, feeling Vala's breath at her slit.

    "Oh I'm sorry. Did you want to have sex with me?" Vala asked through the darkness as if in afterthought.

    "What?!" Sam half screamed in disbelief before groaning loudly as Vala's warm mouth closed over her clit. Her tongue working it back and forth, closing her lips over it and sucking, sliding two of her fingers into Sam's now slick folds, sucking and sliding. Sam bucked towards her and Vala's tongue and fingers picked up speed, applied more pressure. Sam was there. Vala's hand wet with her release, stoking her once, twice more.

    The bliss of her orgasm only fueled Sam's desire for Vala. She pulled Vala up towards her, tasting herself on her lips. They rolled on the table, sending the desk lamp and Sam's projects to the floor. Now Vala was pinned and suddenly didn't care about the pen beneath her shoulder as Sam nipped at her neck, her hand sliding down her body taking hold of her thigh and pulling Vala's body even closer to her own. Sam kissed Vala's skin, ravenously trying to discover all the places that the woman's leather had teased about. Vala's breasts were consumed by Sam's hand and mouth, massaging them, kneading them, but Sam couldn't stop there. Her nips and kisses making their way downward, her hand getting there first. Vala moaned, her lungs gasping for the air that Sam's touch stole away. Sam's mouth caught up and replaced her fingers at Vala's clit as they moved to the warm moistness within her, Vala's hips rising to meet her. Sam moved her fingers to match the rhythm of her tongue and Vala's release washed over them both like an explosion.

    It took a few minutes for them to recover. A comfortable and euphoric silence lay in the lab as the two redressed and returned the table to order. Sam replaced the lamp's broken bulb with one from a drawer.

    "You know, this is shaping up to be a pretty stressful week." Sam said, looking at Vala as she neared the door.

    "Well then I guess it’s a good thing I'm here to relieve the tension." She answered with a smile. Sam smiled back as Vala turn to leave.