Jim sucked in a breath as he gazed down at the perfect little angel nestled in Spock’s arms. She had blue eyes, dark hair and the most perfect set of pointy ears he had ever truly seen. Present company excepted of course.
“I’ve never seen anything as beautiful as this little munchkin,” Bones said, leaning over the tiny baby girl. “What are you two gonna call her?”
“Well.” Jim paused to exchange of adoring looks with his husband. He could hardly believe she was here. After all their planning for her. All the donating this. And testing that. Mixing genes. All of that had brought her.
“Don’t tell me it’s going to be something like T’Spock or T’James,” Bones said dryly.
“Hardly, doctor.”
“Let me hold her,” Jim said, reaching for her. He could barely contain himself. But fortunately he had an indulgent husband. Spock actually smiled gently as he carefully placed the baby in Jim’s arms. Emotion clogged his throat. “I’m gonna cry.”
“Me too,” Bones said, rolling his eyes. “A name?”
“Spock and I went back and forth on whether to name her in the Vulcan tradition or the human.”
“Indeed. But ultimately since she is three quarters human, we decided it would be more appropriate to use a human name.”
“Right.” Jim smiled and leaned over to kiss Spock.
Bones sighed.
Jim just laughed. “And then we couldn’t decide if we should name her Amanda or Winona. Something like that.”
“Indeed. Or some combination. Such as Amanda Winona or the reverse.”
“I even thought of Leonora or Horatia.”
Bones made a face. “She’s far too lovely for either of those.”
“Agreed,” Spock said.
“So…we discarded all those.”
“And?”
“Considering the time of year she was born…”
“And?”
“How pleased we are at her arrival,” Spock put in.
“And?” Bones kept getting louder and louder.
Their daughter, to her credit, did not seem upset by her Uncle Bones’ theatrics.
Spock arched a brow. “Her name is…”
Jim met his gaze and smiled with all that he felt in his heart. Which was…
“Joy. Her name is Joy.”
December 11, 2019 at 4:07 am
Ack! My head is so full with this. The love pouring off this story makes me so happy. Joy to the world indeed!!
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December 11, 2019 at 4:12 am
Heart. My heart is so full!
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December 11, 2019 at 7:01 am
LOL Your head can be full too, I don’t mind ❤
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December 11, 2019 at 7:02 am
❤ ❤
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December 11, 2019 at 4:11 am
!!!! Oh my goodness! My heart ❤
Adored this lil fic and the baby Spock pic at the end for lil Joy ❤
So perfect!
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December 11, 2019 at 4:12 am
!!! Oh my goodness! My heart ❤
Adored this lil fic and the baby Spock pic at the end for lil Joy ❤
So perfect!
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December 11, 2019 at 7:01 am
Yeah the baby that “played” Spock was a girl so I figured it worked.
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December 11, 2019 at 9:40 am
i was going to say, how perfect that this little Human/Vulcan actress actually was a girl.
Now you’ve done it, Ivan. You’ve gone tooooooo far. This one is just tooooooooo wonderful, too sweet, too joyful. I mean, even the first line setup/hook was too much for my heart to bear. My chest feels heavy with all these emotions for the 3 of them.
And for the record, I think Baby Joy with that one eye slightly looking up could mean she was a LITTLE put out by Uncle Bones pushing. She was trying to just lay/lie there all cuddly and gooey and gorgeous and sweet for dad and dad. But I guess she might as well start getting used to it now! 💖💖💖💚 👨❤️💋👨 😷
I need a hug. If I were a little more stable (ok, a LOT) in the body, I’d volunteer at the hospital to just go hold babies all day every day.
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December 11, 2019 at 9:54 am
Her name is Jenna Vaughn, in case anyone wanted to see what she looks like now. Absolutely adorable. https://bad-robot-productions.fandom.com/wiki/Jenna_Vaughn
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December 11, 2019 at 10:05 am
Oh my goodness she really is! I could totally see her as their daughter too, what a sweetheart
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December 11, 2019 at 10:06 am
Oh my dear sweet J, you ain’t seen nothing yet. There is more wonderful flashes to come. I really did outdo myself, I think. I love the one coming tomorrow
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December 12, 2019 at 6:47 am
OMG! This is so adorable! Jim tearing up, is so sweet! Love little baby Joy! And yes, the older picture of the actress that played baby Spock looks like she definitely could be their daughter.
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December 12, 2019 at 7:10 am
Yep she does and thank you 🙂
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