Goat Yoga Chaos: Todd’s and Maggie's Balancing Act

Posted on 13 Sep 2026 @ 8:40pm by Lieutenant JG Todd Hewitt & Lieutenant Margeurite "Maggie" LeFebvre

2,483 words; about a 12 minute read

Mission: S04 Episode 02 The Hackers Backdoor (Incidentals)
Location: Holodeck, 02
Timeline: Current

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Todd stepped into the holodeck for the Goat Yoga program on the USS Tomcat holiday… wearing his khaki shorts and a white crisp T-shirt… sandals on his feet… He had both water bottles tucked under one arm… his and Maggie’s… while the other arm struggled with her bag stuffed full of her yoga mat, a towel, snacks, a change of clothes, and a whole pile of other items she had packed…

The bag kept shifting and he almost dropped one of the bottles right as a goat trotted past and gave him a long suspicious look… “Alright… here we go… taking it easy today…” he muttered under his breath while trying to keep everything balanced for her…


"I can carry something. I am pregnant but sheesh," she said. "Don't hurt yourself. I don't want to hear from your boss," she said.

She herself was wearing yoga pants and a sports bra. Her stomach was starting to pooch the slightest amount as their baby started to grow.

She was excited for goat yoga. She couldn't wait to play with baby holographic goats without having to smell them or deal with their poo. She would be doing enough of that soon.

"Todd, just put it all down," she said, a bit impatiently. She took her yoga mat out of the bag and handed him his. "See? They match," she said. Hers was solid blue, and his was striped blue and white.

She spread it out, and than sat down carefully. She hoped she could get back up again. Where her stomach was in space was becoming a new thing she had to figure out.


He finally made it to an open spot near the mats and carefully lowered the bag… then looked over toward the front where the instructor was waiting… “Hey there… we’re ready for the session… just so you know Maggie’s pregnant so we’ll need the gentler options… and hope these goats don’t decide the snacks in the bag look better than the grass…”

The instructor spun around with a bright grin and a little bounce on her toes… one of the goats already perched halfway up her leg like it was the most natural thing in the world… “Oh my stars and stripes… welcome welcome… gentle is my middle name today… well… after ‘Goat Whisperer’ of course… we’ll keep it soft and stretchy… no sudden moves… the little ones can sense a growing life a mile away… they get all protective and snuggly… just plant your feet… breathe with the herd… and if a goat decides your lap is the new meditation cushion… lean into it… the universe provides…”

Todd handed over one water bottle… rolled his shoulders… and tried to figure out which way was up on the yoga mat while a couple more goats wandered closer to investigate the bag…

Todd sat down next to her with a quiet grunt, still eyeing the instructor who was now gently bouncing a goat on one hip like it was the most normal thing in the universe. He leaned in toward Maggie and muttered under his breath, “She’s too uppity… I don’t know what she is on with all that stars and stripes and ‘universe provides’ talk. Next she’ll be saying the goats are our spirit animals or some nonsense.”

Maggie shushed him. "I don't know either. This was YOUR idea." She shook her head. "It's hippie, you know. Bohemian. Flower love and all that. From old Earth."

He glanced down at the mat she had handed him, frowning as he tried to straighten the edges. “And why is mine stripped? Blue and white like that… Maggs why’d you make it that colour? Looks like something off a beach chair. Yours is solid and proper.”

Maggie sighed. Men. What a headache.

One of the smaller goats wandered right up and sniffed at his sandal. Todd held still, then looked over at the instructor with a half-grin. “Hey uh… any chance these little guys know the difference between a water bottle and a snack? Just asking before one of them decides my shorts are the new chew toy.”

He shifted on the mat, still not quite sure which end was the top, and nudged Maggie’s knee with his. “You good over there? Cause if I end up with a goat in my lap I’m blaming the instructor’s energy… and maybe your packing skills.”

Maggie laughed. "Just lean into it, Hewitt," Maggie said, trying to focus on her breathing. "Besides, he's cute. Who cares if he eats your shorts? We can replicate more shorts."

The Instructor was telling them about breathing techniques. Inhale for four counts. Exhale for four. "Should feel your chest moving." All Maggie could feel was the baby moving, and the sounds of the little goats jumping around. One was about to climb into her lap. She was still a little unsure about the creatures, though they were adorable.

Todd shut up. He then closed his eyes, listening to the sounds of the goats for a little while. He started to feel his breathing more in tune to the gentle breeze of the meadow, the air flowing through them... In to his chest, and then out just as Maggie said. Not as the instructor said. She was bonkers!...

A second goat trotted past and gave the bag another long look. Todd sighed and reached over to zip it shut a bit tighter.

“Alright… let’s just try not to look like the weakest members of the herd. I’m already carrying enough for two people and a future third.”

Closing his eyes once more, he found that place he was just arriving too. That calmness once more...

"Alright." Trelesi then gently clasped her hands together. "I am not of the Bohemian herritage of Earth. I rather, my tribe of the Celestial order of the M'OHavian Mantra of Thyrex D'Four." She informed.

Todd grunted. "Bonkers." He said low once more, still with his eyes closed.

Maggie reached over and playfully smacked his leg. "Be polite," she hissed.

"Now my lovely children. Plus one!" She begun a gentle roll to the side on her Mat, and gently extended out her feet laying on the mat horizontally, then raising one arm above in a circular arch, and then resting her arm behind her back shoulder.

"This relaxes, and stretches gently the forward chest muscular. It is acceptable to release the stressors of the day this way, at the same time, gently press your chest forward, while keeping your left arm planted behind... Count, and breathe just as Maggie said, 4 breathes inward, count 4 and release 4... You will feel the release internally..."


Maggie smiled. "My apologies," she said. Then Maggie watched as the woman stretched out. She could do that. She lay down on her side, as the instructor said, and stretched her arms up. It DID feel nice. Mags carried a lot of her tension in her shoulders.

Todd carefully mirrored Maggie’s stretch… rolling onto his side with a quiet grunt and reaching one arm up in that slow circular motion the instructor had shown…

“Four in… four out…” he whispered… already smiling as a curious little goat sniffed along his calf then hopped up and settled against his lower back like it belonged there…

The soft weight of it felt surprisingly nice… Todd held the stretch longer just to keep the little one comfortable… eyes half closed while the instructor kept on about mantras from some far off order…

He cracked one eye open toward Maggie with a real grin this time… “Okay these little guys are actually perfect… look at that pose she just shifted into… gentle twist with a goat right on her knee… you think we can manage that one together…” Todd grunted.

A second goat wandered over and nudged his hand… he gave its head a slow gentle scratch… “Hey buddy… you’re alright… Maggs you good… need a hand for the next stretch or want me to keep being the official goat cushion a bit longer…”

"No, I don't need help. Yet," she said, moving into the next move gently. She had been trying to change her workouts; the baby didn't like rough things like running or biking. So she'd been doing a lot of swimming and Pilates and walking. Things had gotten better; the constant nausea had eased up a bit.

"Play with the goats," she said. "They're cute. Think the Captain would let us have one?"

Hewitt turned to the nearest Goat, as his legs were already bent back to his chest now... As he grunted. "They are kind of cute..." Hewitt agreed to Maggie's suggestion he play with the goats. It would be easier than continuing the workout. At least he could watch over Maggie while she exercised...

Maggie gave him a smile as she bent forward into a modified fold move. She couldn't go as far as she used to; it wasn't safe and she had a rapidly-growing waist in the way. The speed at which she was gaining weight freaked her out just a little bit. She still wasn't used to it. Not that, and the inability to sleep.

"Here furr face..." Todd took his silver watch off his wrist. He then sat off the mat to the side in the green meadow grass. He dangled the watch, catching the suns light, shimmering the silver metal...

"GGGRRrGGRRR HUGGHHuhhAHAHAHAA A'HAHHHHh!!!!" The largest goat, swiftly turned its head in the direction of the watch. "Now is your chance, Goat-Stifer Columbus!!!"

The Goat trotted a short distance and head butted the watch out of Todd's hand. "Fuck!!" He shook his hand.

"You're really the bully of the bunch arn't you?" He leaned his head in to nuzzle the Goats head..."BBBB BBBAaaaaaAAAaHhh!!" Todd did his best to emulate the sound.

The goat thinking it was rather good, head butted Todd in return and then pawed at the watch in the green grass...

"Oh Maggie! He likes watches... Just like me!"

Maggie laughed, and sat down, abandoning the goat yoga. "This is dumb. Get rid of the lady and we can just play with the goats. And be careful, because they eat EVERYTHING," she said, as one of the goats chewed her hair.

"This IS dumb!" Hewitt had reached forward and high-fived Maggie as she was now resting from the next oddly named pose.

"Come..." He paused. And then got up instead of asking Maggie to join him, he would sit and join beside Maggie. Todd kicked his lame yoga matt aside.

He plunked himself down, and then reached inside of their bag and took out two water bottles and handed one to Maggie.

"I say, we transmit Celeste..."

"My name i-"

"HUSH..." Todd scoffed at her without laying eyes on her. "Your services are dismissed." He waved his hand... "Program delete host." The shimmer of the protesting Trelesi then faded away...

"I say..." The nearest one then plopped herself down beside Maggie and Todd. Todd absentmindedly placed his hand on the Goat's head to begin petting her soft fur... "We send Trelesi to Sick Bay. Have Gavin rethink his Life Choices!" Todd snorted!

Maggie laughed. "Don't bother him. I need him happy tomorrow for the gender appointment," she said, sitting down next to him. "Can we take a goat home?" She asked Todd.

"I'm excited for that..." Hewitt had placed his hand then gently on Maggie's belly. She was beginning to swell nicely. He was at awe of how a new child could be created. She was carrying their Daughter... Son... Only the Goddess would know.

"We have no idea... Today. But tomorrow, our lives will change!" He thought... Every word an El-Aurian spoke was as time itself, a chord in a song, but Hewitt. He was less bespoke in his race.


Maggie smiled. "Tomorrow?? Our lives have already changed!" She was finally ok with it all. It had taken time to process the shock at it all.


He broke out of the thought then... "Seriously?!" He moved the head of the goat, which was still trying to 'eat' a stray piece of Maggie's blonde hair...

"That's hers. And its not food... I think you would eat everything in our quarters. I mean..." He shrugged. "If you want. We can take one..." He tried to sound nonchalant about it, but inside he was screaming 'yes'...

Maggie moved her head.

"I was kidding, Todd. We already have too many animals and the captain would NOT be happy," she said. "Even with holo-goats. AND with the baby, it'll be too much. But I'll tell you what, we can do holos and play with them any time you want."

“You were kidding?” Todd looked genuinely shocked. “I don’t think Maggie has ever /joked/ before in all my time knowing you.” He shook his head, finding this a first. “When did you decide to deceive me humorously? How did you come to decide to ensure that it would be the goat that was being dangled in front of me, to joke me?”

“I want a goat NOW…I thought you wanted a GOAT too?” He gruffed and scoffed. Todd was not easily disgruntled.

Maggie laughed. "Calm down," she said, leaning over and kissing his cheek. "I learned it from you," she said. "Let's end this and go get ice creams," she suggested.

Todd huffed.

He pet "Goatstepher Columbus..." by his shaggy white chin hair, as he then "BBBbraAaaa GGGggahhh HhhHh!!" Nuzzling him, and then getting up, helping up Maggie beside him.

Taking their big bag of goods. "Alright. If your eating Ice Cream for Two, then I'm eating Ice Cream for two as well! And they better have Cookies N Cream this time! Maggie... Last time they told me... They /told me/ there was /no such thing!/" He grunted, still cranky.

Maggie laughed. "Maybe they checked the Holo-catalog," she said.

On their way to the Tomcat cafeteria, Todd blocked Maggie to a wall in the corridor... And pinned her in as he leaned inward and planted a deep kiss on Maggie as he breathed inward... "After Ice Cream... I want some dessert... Unless... We have ice cream headaches."

Maggie giggled. "We can do that," she said. "Dessert with dessert. I like how you think, Todd Hewitt."

Todd grunted... "I like how you Sex, Maggie Hewitt..." He cockily winked... And then picked Maggie up in a crossing-the-threshold carrying her along the hall in his forearms.

"Shame on you... No goats for our Baby. Every baby deserves goats."

She laughed as he picked her up.


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