Every Wednesday in October you will get an October themed flash (including Halloweenish, though I will try not to make them too scary. Enjoy!

“Bones hates pumpkin spice.”
Spock looked up from his PADD to eye his captain who had just flopped down across from Spock at the table in the mess room. “While unfortunate considering your obsessive love for it, I hardly think it warrants the alarm in your tone, Captain.”
“Well.” Jim sighed and leaned his chin on his hand. “I’ve known him for, I don’t know, years and years, and you think you know a guy and…then wham. They declare such a blasphemy.”
“You could look at it as an indication that leaves more pumpkin spice for you.”
His captain smiled. “That’s true.”
“And also an indication that the doctor is not entirely right in the head.” Spock paused. “Although I have long suspected that.”
Jim’s smile widened. “Damn, but you do know how to make me feel better.”
“As first officer, it is my duty to do so.”
“Mm. I guess so.” Jim lifted a cup to his lips and Spock gave a sniff.
“Speaking of, is that…”
“Pumpkin spice tea. Yes. Uhura got it for me on Starbase 9. She said she saw it in the store and knew because I was a pumpkin spice nut, I would appreciate it. She was right.”
Spock considered. “It does smell good. But was it a recent gift, Captain?”
“Uh.”
“I wondered as this is the first time in my presence that you have had a cup and I could not imagine you were, perhaps, holding back from me that you had acquired it.”
“Uh.”
“As I recall Nyota returned from Starbase 9 a month ago.”
“Well.”
“The same as the rest of us. And I believe she also found pumpkin spice coffee for you at that time as well.”
Jim bit his lip. “How’d you know that?”
“She was excited to tell me about her findings. This may come as a surprise to you, Jim, but many of the crew think about your preferences when they are at places like the store on Starbase 9. They like to please you.”
“That’s so sweet,” Jim said with a wide smile.
“But you were, in fact, holding back the tea. And I don’t believe Nyota mentioned that purchase to me. Did you convince her not to tell me?”
“Uh.”
Spock shook his head.
“I’ll make you some tonight over chess,” Jim said in a rush. “And, you know…” Jim paused to let his tongue trace over his lips in a deliberate flirtation Spock was well aware of. “Before bed.”
Spock inclined his head. “Very well. And the pumpkin truffles, too.”
“Damn it!” Jim laughed, held his fingers out for Spock, who met them, and then went back to his PADD.


October 2, 2019 at 4:12 am
Bones IS a blasphemer!!! And I loved him so but now???
Love this fic. Love that Jim kept it a secret so he could keep it all to himself. Love the adorable and loving ending.
This is fantastic and has made me so happy!
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October 2, 2019 at 7:30 am
Thank you! That Jim hiding stuff from his Spock or so he thinks! lol
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October 2, 2019 at 4:20 am
This was cute 🙂
I would like to try those pumpkin truffle things. Send me some, please 🙂
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October 2, 2019 at 7:31 am
ha ha, I know you don’t like pumpkin. But yeah those are real truffles, of course
thanks 🙂
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October 2, 2019 at 7:44 am
Now I want pumpkin truffles too!
Jim should know he can’t hide stuff from Spock. I love how Spock figures it out … and sneaky Jim has Uhura avoid spilling the beans to Spock. That certainly went well!! lol!!
This story made me chuckle. ❤️
I love me some pumpkin spice. I recently finished a box of pumpkin spice frosted shredded min-wheat cereal that was yummy… only to find that the limited time availability is already no longer available. 😦
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October 2, 2019 at 7:58 am
Me too which is where the inspiration came from. I love this time of year for that reason. And yeah some stuff becomes unavailable very fast so if you really like something buy two!
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October 2, 2019 at 9:35 am
Ok, that was just…a snort fest, beginning to end. I mean, legitimate, RL, I’m not kidding at all, snort fest. All the way through. I’m not even a fan of pumpkin spice anything except pumpkin itself, which I love, but I’m a huge fan of those who are obsessed with it.
This is my fave Spock. The one who keeps his own secrets to be toyed with and taunted at exactly the right time.
Just further proof that you are a magnificent, classic writer.
“You could look at it as an indication that leaves more pumpkin spice for you.”
(and it was snort and chuckle and outright giggle all the way from there).
Thank you for enlivening our lives like this. This one is an instant classic I’ll always remember.
Can’t wait for you to post it on ao3 so everyone can see it. In fact, I wish you’d put this one on tumblr in full. I don’t want anyone to miss it!
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October 2, 2019 at 10:35 am
This one was a lot of fun to write! Next week’s is a little spooky-weird and the one after that is Pinto so I am certain you will like that 😀
❤
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