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“Earth!” Bones exclaimed as he ran out of the Starfleet headquarters and stood in the parking lot. His arms were outstretched as he took in his familiar surroundings—the air, smells, and sounds. “Home!”
“Someone didn’t like our adventure,” Sulu laughed as he and the group exited the building after Bones.
“The shame,” Jim shook his head. He turned back to Spock and grinned. “Back to wearing the beanie, huh?”
“I must,” Spock sighed, adjusting the black beanie on his head to make sure his ears and eyebrows were covered.
“It’s okay. I like it.” Jim gently touched the beanie then kissed Spock.
“You two are cute,” Uhura commented. “But being around you for the past few weeks has been exhausting. I’m heading home for a much-needed bubble bath and wine.”
“Can I come?” Scotty asked.
Uhura stared at Scotty before winking and telling him to come along. Jim waved goodbye to them before hearing a light sobbing. Chekov came out of the building with Pike, rubbing a hand to his eye as Pike patted him on the back.
“I want to stay up zere,” Chekov sniffled.
“I know, I know,” Pike told him. “We’ll have some missions but nothing at the moment.”
“Let’s go back to my place,” Sulu said to Chekov, taking the young Russian’s hand. “We can watch space movies.”
“It won’t be ze same, but okay.”
Pike watched Sulu and Chekov leave before walking over to Jim, Spock, and Bones. “Well, it’s been fun, but I think I need some time away from you three. So, take a week off and leave me in peace.”
“Aw, but what about a big pajama party?” Jim asked with a smile. “Spock’s going to get drunk again.
“No,” Spock hissed.
Pike gave Jim an unamused look then went back into the building.
“He’s no fun,” Jim said. He looked to his boyfriend. “Back to my apartment? I need to make sure everything is alright there and call my mom. I’m sure she’s been worrying.”
“Of course,” Spock nodded. “What about Bones?”
“Bones! Come on! Let’s head home.”
“Home! No more space!” Bones exclaimed.
“At least not for a few months. Then more adventures.”
“I ain’t going, Jim!”
Spock shook his head and led Jim to their vehicle as Bones followed and fussed about how dangerous space was.
As Jim was about to put his key in the door to unlock the apartment the door flung open, startling Jim and causing him to Jump back against Spock.
His mother appeared in the doorway, glaring at him. “Where the hell have you been?”
Jim blinked then offered his mom an innocent smile. “Um…Antarctica?”
“Try again.”
“May we come in first to talk?”
Winona moved out of the way and let Jim, Spock, and Bones enter the apartment. “I take it this is Spock.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Spock greeted as she shut the door behind them. “It is a pleasure to finally meet you. Jim has spoken highly of you, his brother, and your late husband.”
Winona smiled. “That’s nice to hear. I’m pleased to meet you as well, Spock.” She then looked to Jim and set him with a look. “Where have you been for nearly a month?”
Bones held his hands up and head towards the sofa. “I’m just going to sit here quietly.”
Jim went to follow Bones but stopped when he got full-named. “James Tiberius Kirk.”
Jim wrung his hands together then turned back to his mother. “Well…mom…you see the thing is…” Jim glanced to Spock, silently asking for permission.
Spock nodded.
Jim reached out to Spock’s beanie. “Mom, remember when I was abducted by aliens and met that little boy with pointy ears.”
“Jim, now is not the time…” Winona trailed off as Jim took off Spock’s beanie to show off his Vulcan ears.
“Spock was that alien boy who wanted to keep me. I work for a part of NASA that deals with extra-terrestrials and that’s where I’ve been,” Jim explained calmly as his mother stared at Spock with wide eyes. “Spock and Pike were kidnapped. I captained a starship and rescued them; saving the Federation president and council as well. I’ve been on two planets and even Mars, Mom.”
Winona continued to stare and not speak.
Jim stepped closer to his mother. “Mom, can you…can you please say something. I know this is a lot to process, but…”
“YOU’RE NOT CRAZY!” Winona suddenly exclaimed, throwing her arms around Jim and hugging him tight. “You’re not crazy!”
“Mother.”
“I believed you but a tiny part of me thought maybe you were a little bonkers, but you’re not!” Winona squeezed him tighter.
“Mom…breathe…”
Winona let go of Jim then rushed to Spock and hugged him. “You’re real!”
Jim took in a deep breath then looked to Spock. Spock was frozen as Winona hugged him. “Sorry,” Jim mouthed to him.
Winona let go of Spock and then touched his ears. “Look at these! How cute? And so handsome. I bet you were a cute little one when Jim met you.”
“Mom.” Jim walked over and carefully took his mother’s hands from Spock. “Vulcans don’t like to be touched. They’re kind of sensitive.”
“Vulcans?”
“Yes, he’s Vulcan. Well actually half-Vulcan, half-Human.”
Winona blinked then giggled happily. “Oh, how cool. Which parent is which, Spock?”
Spock finally spoke, “My…my mother is human.”
“I’d love to meet her and your father. Does he look…”
“Okay, mom,” Jim interrupted. “We just got home. I know this is all overwhelming…”
“I’m not overwhelmed! I just want to talk with my son’s new boyfriend.”
“Jim, just let her be for now,” Bones called from the couch.
Jim nodded. He patted Spock on the arm and told him have fun then joined Bones on the couch. His mother took Spock’s arm and had him sit at the kitchen table and explain everything.
“Poor, hobgoblin,” Bones chuckled.
“Yeah,” Jim agreed.
“Like mother like son, though.”
Jim laughed and nodded.
“I’m sorry about my mother,” Jim said as they laid in bed later that night. Winona finally settled down and after dinner had retired to the guest room.
“She was curious. After she ceased touching me, I did not mind discussing my heritage and space with her.”
Jim turned on his side and placed his hand on Spock’s chest. “I love you.”
Spock placed a hand over Jim’s and gently caressed his fingers along the back of Jim’s hand. “Taluhk nash-veh k'dular.”
“What’s that mean?”
Spock turned onto his side and faced Jim. “I cherish thee.”
Jim broke out in a radiant smile. “I like that. What other sweet Vulcan words have you been saying to me? I know ashal-veh means darling and is not French-Canadian.”
“Indeed not. Another I have called you is ashayam.”
“Sounds like a shy yam.”
“It means beloved.”
Jim kissed Spock. “I like that one too. Any more?”
“T’hy’la,” Spock said then kissed Jim. “Las'hark.”
“That one is new.”
“It means sun.”
Jim moved closer to Spock and rolled his hips into the Vulcan’s. “I’m your sun, huh?”
“Yes,” Spock groaned.
“Any more names?”
Spock shook his head. “I have plenty of names for you. You have not called me anything special.”
“I call you Spockums.”
“Besides that, Jim.”
Jim chuckled then pushed on Spock to turn over onto his back. Jim straddled his waist. “Pooh bear?”
“No.”
Jim started unbuttoning Spock’s sleep shirt. “Pookie.”
Spock shook his head then shrugged out of the shirt after Jim finished unbuttoning the shirt.
“Snuggluffagus.”
Spock snorted as Jim shrugged out of his own shirt then ground his hips against Spock’s. Spock groaned.
“Honey?”
“You refer to the doctor as honey. No.”
“My main squeeze,” Jim chuckled.
Spock growled then flipped them over, pinning Jim to the bed.
Jim laughed more. “Sweet cheeks.”
Spock shook his head. “You are the one that should be referred to as sweet cheeks.” He leaned down and nipped at Jim’s neck, earning a moan from the blonde.
“Darling,” Jim said as Spock continued working on his neck.
“Yes.”
“Babe.”
“Fine.”
“Dear.”
“Absolutely,” Spock growled. He ground his hips against Jim’s before claiming his lips in a passionate kiss.
Two Months Later
“Mom,” Jim tried interrupting his mother as she continued talking and talking on the phone. “Mom.”
“…I just want to make sure that…”
“Mom!”
“What?”
“We’ve got everything under control. The mission is just for a few months and I’ll be able to contact you with that new computer I gave you.”
“I know, I know.”
“This is just like when I was on the space station and on the moon, but a whole lot safer. No rocket fuel.”
“I am glad to hear that, but it’s not the same. You’ll be on a starship god knows where.”
“We are going to investigate a nebula that…”
“Are they dangerous?”
“They can be but don’t worry. The Enterprise is a fine ship and Spock will be there. And Bones.”
“Oh good. They keep you in line.”
Jim snorted then leaned back in his chair in his cubicle. He glanced up and smiled at Spock who was wearing a black beanie that said ‘bad hair day’.
“I have to go now, Mom. Big meeting.”
“Call me later, though. Amanda and I want to know about you and Spock’s plans after the mission. We want grandbabies.”
“Mother,” Jim groaned. “I love you. I’ll talk to you later. Maybe.” Jim hung up his cell and shoved it into his pocket.
“Grandbabies?” Spock asked.
“We should have never introduced our moms to each other.”
“Indeed. Are you ready for the meeting?”
“Absolutely.”
Jim took his seat between Spock and Bones at the conference table. He smiled at Gaila and Uhura across from him as the rest of his friends and crew shuffled in. Pike came in last and went to the head of the table near the projection screen.
“Afternoon, everyone,” Pike greeted. “Before we dig into the mission parameters, I have something to discuss first.” Pike then looked to Jim. “Anything you’d like to fess up to?”
Jim blinked. “Not that I can think of.”
“You did something, though,” Bones muttered.
Jim nudged Bones as Pike pressed a button on the computer terminal. Jim ducked his head as a picture popped up on the projector screen. His friends chuckled as Spock shook his head.
“Commander Mitchell sent this to NASA right after he and the crew landed on Mars,” Pike said. “He was quite upset and a team was sent to deal with them. James, care to explain?”
Jim looked up. He smiled at the picture: a small banner was hanging on the entrance to the Mars’ mission center on the red planet that read ‘Jim was here first, Gary!’
“I was there first,” Jim said cheekily.
“Spock.”
“The first human to set foot on Mars was my mother in 1976,” Spock told Jim. “And several others since her have been on the planet, including Hikaru and Pike. You were nowhere near being the first.”
Jim stared at Spock in shock. “I…seriously?”
Spock nodded.
“Dammit, sweet cheeks,” Jim fussed, causing their friends to laugh and Pike to grumbled about retirement.
Three Weeks Later
“Well that’s not menacing at all,” Bones said from where he stood next to Jim’s captain’s chair. The Enterprise had just dropped out of warp in front of the nebula they were to investigate for some anomalies that had been picked up.
“Nebulas are interstellar clouds of matter,” Spock informed him, coming to stand on the other side of Jim.
“Zis one has many asteroids in erratic orbit inside,” Chekov happily said, excited about the adventure.
“Asteroids,” Bones repeated. He looked to Jim. “Asteroids.”
“Yeah, fun, right?” Jim grinned.
“Asteroids are dangerous, Jim! We can’t go…”
“Mister Sulu,” Jim interrupted Bones. “Enter the nebula.”
“Jim, no…”
“Aye, Captain,” Sulu said over Bones.
Bones sat down on the floor of the bridge besides Jim’s chair and shook his head. “This is ridiculous. We’re going to die in a nebula millions of miles from home and…” Jim patted him on the head.
“Shhh, we’ll be fine.”
The ship nudged an asteroid, causing the bridge to lurched to one side. Bones glared at him.
“Sulu, steady now,” Jim said.
“Trying Captain, but there’s something pulling us further in.”
Jim smiled. “Then don’t fight it. Let’s see where this is going to take us.”
“Dammit, Jim…”
“Bones why don’t you go to that seat and buckle up,” Jim interrupted. “That goes for everyone else. Buckle up in case this ride gets rocky.” Jim then ordered Uhura to relay the message to the ship. Bones crawled over to the empty chair and buckled in. Spock touched a finger to Jim’s cheek then went back to his own chair.
Sulu engaged the thrusters and followed where they were being pulled. The asteroids almost moved out of the way for them as the colors of the cloud matter changed and whirled by them.
After what felt like an hour, the Enterprise came out of the Nebula in an unfamiliar part of the quadrant.
“Did we go in a circle?” Bones asked, still buckled into his seat.
“I don’t think so,” Sulu said.
“Spock, where are we?” Jim asked.
“I do not know,” came the Vulcan’s reply.
“Captain, I am detecting something six point two thousand klicks from out location,” Chekov spoke.
“Let’s head there then.”
Bones unbuckled and stood. “We don’t know what’s out there! We can’t just go explore without knowing. What if its hostile aliens? What if it’s a giant space creature that will eat the whole ship?”
Jim and the bridge crew stared at the doctor. Spock stood up and walked towards him.
“I assure you that there are no space creatures. Do you need a hug to calm down?”
Bones blinked. “No I don’t need a hug from you.”
“I was not offering to give you a hug. I was merely asking if you needed one.”
Jim chuckled then nodded to Sulu. “Head towards the thing Chekov detected.” Jim turned towards Uhura. “Are you picking anything up?”
“Nothing at the moment, Captain.”
“Keep an ear out. Spock, anything on your radar?”
Spock went back to his station. “We are moving closer to the object that Chekov detected.”
“How big is it?”
“Roughly twenty miles in diameter.”
Bones let out a groan and shook his head. “This is going to end badly.”
Jim grinned and looked to his friend. “It’s an adventure, Bones! Liven up.”
“I’m going to say ‘liven up, Jim’ when we get killed.”
“If we are killed than you cannot say anything,” Spock told him.
Uhura, Sulu, and Chekov laughed at Spock’s retort while Bones crossed his arms over his chest.
Jim slowly stood up as the object started coming into view. His eyes widened in wonderment. “Oh wow.”
“What is it?” Chekov asked.
“It looks like a giant snow globe,” Bones said.
“It appears to be a star base of some type,” Spock spoke, coming to stand next to his mate. “Its design is different from our Federation, though.”
“It’s cool looking,” Sulu said.
“I am picking up chatter, Captain,” Uhura reported. “Federation star base Yorktown.”
Spock raised a brow. “The Federation does not have a star base Yorktown.”
Jim smiled. “Well we have to go there and check it out.”
“Jim, no,” Bones fussed. “There could be…”
“A fun adventure waiting for us,” Jim finished. Spock took his hand in his and squeezed. Jim turned to him. “Are you up for an adventure, Spock?”
“Wherever you wish to go, t’hy’la, I am right beside you.”
“Love you, darling.”
“I love you as well, sweet cheeks.”
Jim snorted but kissed Spock anyway.
.
.
.
“Can we please vote on whether it’s a good idea to go to the snow globe?” Bones spoke up. “My vote is no!”
“Yes!” Came the votes of the rest of the bridge.
Bones punched a bottom on Jim's chair. "Scotty, there is a giant snow globe looking star base ahead of us that Jim wants to go explore. Tell him its a bad idea."
"Actually, Leonard, that sounds pretty cool. What does the base look like? A snow globe? Wow, I can't wait to see..."
"You're no help, Scotty."
Jim took Bones’ hand in his other. "I'll protect you, honey."
Bones sighed and shook his head.
Jim looked to Sulu. “Let’s go to the snow globe, Sulu. Its time for another adventure among the stars.”
“Aye, Captain.”