New Assignment

“Do you ever think about what you’d be doing if you weren’t here,” Colby Smith asked Min Li. The two women were in the gym and had just finished a morning, pre-work jog on the treadmills. They’d been occasional gym buddies on Hermes, but they’d been since the expedition to the doomed SpaceY rocket, they’d been regulars.

Li was very fond of Smith. Li appreciated her positivity, zest for exploration, and genuine interest in everything they were doing. She always wanted to contribute something for the betterment of the mission and Li respected that a lot.

“To be honest, not really,” Li responded after thinking about the question for a time. “I always wanted to be an astronaut so to me; this is where I always wanted to be anyways. Smith nodded.

“That makes sense.”

“How about you Colby,” Li asked.

“Yeah I dunno, maybe,” Smith hesitantly responded. “I dunno I… shit’s weird.”

“What’s up,” Li asked, looking intently at her friend, who Li could tell was looking troubled. Smith ran her hand through her sweaty, curly black hair, appearing pensive and ****.

“I guess it’s Sam,” she admitted, “I think… well I think he and Tara are fucking around but I don’t know for sure.”

“Why do think so,” Li asked.

“He’s spent a lot of time with her, and I totally get she’s our section head and mission commander, but like, more time than I’d expect, and like… I dunno,” Smith tried to explain, “maybe I’m just jealous and paranoid.”

The two women grabbed their gym bags and headed to the adjoining shower room. The air was cold on Li’s skin, and her sweaty boyshorts and tank top were hardly warm. She shivered a little in spite of her heart rate still being high.

“I don’t think you’re paranoid Col’,” she told Smith as they picked out lockers.

“You think they’re fucking,” Smith asked. She too was wearing the standard issue workout shorts and white under-jumpsuit tank top they all wore and it was equally sweaty.

“Not necessarily, but you’re not paranoid to be concerned,” Li explained, peeling off her singlet. “Especially given the three of you hooked up before.”

“Does Eric know about the rover,” asked Smith, who had also started to undress. Her skin, dark and flawless, shone with sweat. She, like Li, had been wearing a sports bra. Since the low G trip on the Hermes, most of the women had forgone bras, enjoying the lighter gravity, but gym time was an exception, and on this day, Smith was wearing a dark blue one that barely contained her large breasts.

“Yeah he knows,” Li said, “he’s fine with me playing with other women.” She undid her bra and tossed it aside, her nipples stood erect instantly in the cold air and a shiver ran up her spine. She leaned in close to Smith. “Actually, he thinks it’s hot as fuck.”

“Really? Like, what did he think about the two of us,” Smith asked, eyes wide.

“I told him I ate you out and that we scissored in the rover,” Li told Smith eagerly, excited to share, “while Hans and Ilsa watched, and he got super hard. Like suuuper hard, and fucked my brains out like, immediately.”

“That’s so fucking awesome,” gushed Smith as she unclasped her bra and tossed it aside. Li admired her big, brown tits, and dark nipples. She turned and pushed her shorts down, taking her underwear with them, and Li admired the cleft of her full-figured ass.

“Does Sam know,” Li asked while taking her shorts off.

“Uh, no, I um, I didn’t tell him,” Smith admitted. “Honestly, I’d already suspected he was… like I said on the rover and I kinda liked being selfish.”

“I get that,” Li said, nodding understandingly.

“Especially with you,” added Smith with a smirk. She sauntered slowly towards the nearest shower but cast her eyes back to Li before she stepped into the shower. Li made her way to her own shower cubicle and turned on the water, waiting for it to warm up.

“Plus I uh, I really enjoyed being watched, ya know,” came Smith’s voice from the other side of the cubical.

“I do,” Li said, nodding in spite of not being visible. “I found that on my first mission and since then I’m a little addicted,” she giggled. The water, finally warm, felt beautiful on her body and she sighed happily.

“I uh, I didn’t think I’d like it,” Smith said. “I’m usually more self conscious, I guess. Always felt too big.”

“Colby you’re gorgeous,” Li assured Smith. “Believe me, I know,” she added with a naughty giggle. She felt herself getting aroused thinking about Colby naked, as she just saw her, as she was just a few feet away.

“I guess it’s just, I feel like I’m too heavy or whatever,” Smith explained.

“That’s bullshit,” Li interjected passionately, “you’re sexy and beautiful hun and I wouldn’t change one thing about you. And that’s not just me either, Eric was pretty excited to hear we messed around.”

“It’s so hot you two fucked after telling him about us,” Smith said softly, barely audible over the running water.

“It really was,” Li responded. Her heart was beating quickly in her chest. Visions of Smith’s naked body mixed with memories of Alain bending her over the desk in their room and plowing her. Feeling frisky, she added; “maybe next time you should watch.”

“That’s so hot,” Smith said, her voice still low. Li, having just washed her hair, slid her hands down to her breasts and tweaked her nipples, making her body buzz with sensation.

“It really was,” Li said enthusiastically.

“What did you two do,” Smith asked. Li’s hand travelled lower, down the front of her torso, until she was ever-so-gently teasing her outer labia as she spoke.

“I told him about eating your cute lil’ pussy and he like, got instantly hard,” Li responded, gently teasing her clit as she spoke. “Then I sucked him a bit, and after that told him about how we scissored and he bent me over the desk in our bedroom.”

“That’s soooo hot,” Smith said in a low, sultry voice. The sounds of the shower water had changed to a rhythmic splashing that Li noticed.

“It really was, and when I… when I told him about the others watching,” Li said, rubbing her clit more vigorously while she played with her nipple with her other hand, “he rammed me so hard I came like, right away.”

“Li…” Smith whispered barely audibly.

“Yeah?”

“Is it… is it OK that I’m uh,” she began but hearing her hesitancy, Li interrupted.

“Touching yourself?”

“Mhmm,” Smith hummed in agreement.

“Me too,” Li said, letting the moan that she’d been holding back escape her lips.

“Ohhh fuck that’s so hot,” Smith moaned loudly. The sound of her pleasure drove Li’s pleasure higher, and she increased the tempo, playing with her clit and squeezing her tit so tight it almost hurt while she listened to Smith’s moans.

“I’m… I’m gonna cum soon,” Smith cried out, then wailed with pleasure, and judging by the noise, slapping the wall with her hand to keep from falling over.

“Fuck me toooo, fuuuuuck,” wailed Li, cumming hard against her fingers. She could usually keep it quiet in the shower if she was being sneaky, but she wanted Smith to hear her cum. Waves of pleasure coursed through her body in electric waves that she rode with each touch of her fingers. When the pleasure subsided, she turned off the water.

Li stepped out of the shower without grabbing her towel and dripping, walked the two steps over to Smith’s. She slid the curtain back to admire Smith, her fingers still at her pussy, riding the last wave of her orgasm, her chest and big soft tits heaving. Smith smiled seeing her and whimpered a bit more as the last of the orgasmic aftershocks finished coursing through her. She took Smith’s hand in hers and licked her fingers, tasting her pussy on them before the water of the shower took it away.

“I can’t wait to tell Eric aaallll about this,” Li whispered, savouring the other woman’s taste, then she leaned all the way into the shower so that she was whispering in Smith’s ear. “And I want to taste you on his cock.” Then she stepped out of the shower, grabbed her towel, and started to dress. Smith stepped out of the shower a minute or so later, and still dripping wet, walked over to Li and kissed her deeply on the lips.

“That sounds like a plan to me babe,” she whispered to Li after breaking the embrace. The two women dressed, making small talk, and with work time approaching, went their separate ways after their showers.

There hadn’t been much time, but as Li walked back to the kitchen, she regretted not having sex with Smith right there in the shower room. She wasn’t lying when she said she was excited to tell Alain, however, and her body buzzed with anticipation. She soon realized it would be a long and horny day before she got her next pleasure.

Li felt slightly depressed upon her arrival in the kitchen. She had been up at 4am that morning working on breakfast, and now with everyone fed, it was time to prep lunch. Hardly the work she’d expected when she became an astronaut, but she still had no regrets. Something else, something better, would come.

Lunch was a bean salad that had been marinating since the night before. It wasn’t exactly thrilling; the lack of cooking oil made the marinade less than flavourful, and the herbs she had used were dry and lacking. Still, it would be edible, healthy food, and in a habitat 220 million kilometers from Earth, that was sufficient.

When she was done preparing the lunch, she stepped out to deliver it on the tray cart, to find most of the crew eagerly awaiting their meal. Absent was Eric Alain, who Li knew was flying drones. He must flying still, she reasoned, and with her own tray, sat down at a table occupied by Tara Dayton and Pamala Sheldon. The two stopped speaking when she sat, something that Li thought was odd.

“Hey guys,” she said, sitting down with her tray.

“How are ya Li,” Sheldon asked with a friendly smile.

“Good thank you. Yourself,” Li responded.

“Fine fine, just talking about the future,” Sheldon said, shooting a grin to Dayton.

“What future is that,” Li asked.

“Our new home,” beamed Dayton. “We were just discussing the plans for our new habitat with capacity for fifty people. Maybe more.”

“That’s incredible,” Li exclaimed, excitedly. “Fifty is… after so long with just twelve people for company, fifty seems crazy.”

“Heh, I know right,” Dayton said, grinning, “it sounds so crowded, but Green Mars Corp says their tourism and advanced terraforming plans are coming together fast so they want us ready for it.”

“The next hab will be close to the mines I found so that we can work them without leaving,” explained Sheldon. “The first plan is to have the place at Gamma-1 like we were just talking about.”

Li thought their demeanor was odd. She did think they were talking about the new habitat but felt like she wasn’t fully being told something. Keep your secrets, she thought. Lord knows Dayton was secretive enough for everyone.

“Actually, I’m glad you sat down with us Li, I have something for you,” Dayton told her, sliding a tablet over to her. On it was a site map of the Gamma-1 mine location complete with mapped habitat, and landing site.

“This is the new site,” Li asked, looking over the map.

“Proposed site, yes,” Sheldon said. “I’ve been there in the small rover already, but we need to give it a good looking over.”

“And you’d be the right person to join Pamala on the mission,” said Dayton, finishing Sheldon’s sentence.

“Remotely or real life,” Li asked, referring to the drones.

“No Eric has the drones covered,” Dayton said, “I want you to take the manned drone out and the two of you head there in person to scout it out. Shouldn’t take long, like a day or so.”

“What are we looking for,” Li asked.

“So the mine site is fine, I’ve covered that bit, but we need to get on ground and make sure the site can support the proposed construction and if so, to scout out the locations for it,” Sheldon explained, indicating to the tablet. “This map shows where we want the stuff to go based on what I do know, but we can figure out the specifics on site.”

“Love it, when do we leave,” Li asked eagerly, excited to fly again.

“Next couple of days,” Dayton said. “Just need to sort a couple of administrative things out first.”

“Plus I need to finish up with scouting out the backup mine site. It’s not as promising but I need to do the due diligence on it before we officially commit to Gamma-1,” explained Sheldon.

“You two are going to be siting our new home, it’s going to be big, and it’s going to be important. You’ll be doing the most important work on this station. Literally laying the foundations for our future on Mars,” Dayton beamed. “I’m so proud.”

“I wish I was as proud of these beans,” grimaced Li, unimpressed with her plate. “Not gonna lie, I’m pretty excited to do something else. Anything else.”

“They’re good, Li, don’t sweat it,” Dayton said, “you’re a better pilot than cook but that doesn’t mean you’re not a good cook. Even if it’s not what you imagined.”

“Yeah well I’m gonna be pretty happy to fly away from this here kitchen with Pam,” said Li, and Sheldon smirked. “Anyways, speaking of which I got more kitchen shit to do but come find me later Pam, we can discuss.” Sheldon nodded and Li headed back to the kitchen with her plate and started cleaning up.

“Guess today is turning out pretty well after all,” she said to nobody as she started scrubbing the pots.