by Kate

RATING: All Audiences
DISCLAIMER: You know the rest of the routine yada yada…

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Her musky scent and sultry voice filled his senses as her sweaty flesh entwined itself w Their flushed bodies heaved in the throes of passion. Waves of pulsing energy emanating from their Imzadi bond filled washed though his soul and mingled with profound love for Deanna Troi, the beautiful young Betazoid woman in his arms…

That moment faded to grey behind Will Riker's closed eyelids. Crooking open his eyes, he realized he was not in the Jalara, but in his quarters on board the Enterprise. It was a dream he'd not had in years. But then Tom Riker, his 'twin', stepped on board and began courting Deanna. And dredged up his own suppressed longings for his one-time beloved…

Will sat up. And though he was now clearly awake, the passionate feelings he'd experienced in his dream didn't fade. And they triggered a thought he'd long forbidden himself to consider: Could he have again what he had once possessed with a wondrous woman in the depths of the Jalara Jungle on Betazed? Could it be again as it was then?

THE END