Jim approached the café where he was meeting his new boyfriend for lunch. It was a warm sunny day and he was very much hoping he could convince his boyfriend to eat outside.
Sunglasses firmly in place, Jim stepped into the entryway for the restaurant. Of course his boyfriend was already waiting.
He smiled. “Hi Spock. Been waiting long?”
“Only ten minutes.”
“Mind if we have an outdoor table?”
“No, that is fine.”
After they were seated, Jim noticed Spock was eying him rather than the menu. Pushing away his nervousness, he smiled.
“Something wrong?”
“I do not believe so.”
“Made up your mind about your food already?”
“No.” Spock paused. “Jim. May I see your eyes.”
Jim tried laughing it off. “What? Why?”
“Jim.”
He sighed. Took off his sunglasses and waited.
“You have a black eye.”
“Yeah.”
“You have been fighting again.” The reproach was there. Oh, yes, it was.
“Geez, Spock, you make it sound like a frequent thing.”
Spock pursed his lips, picked up his menu and said, “Is it not?”
“No. I mean sure, since we’ve been seeing each other there have been three times but…” Jim put his sunglasses back on. “I’m not like that.”
Spock remained silent, continuing to look at his menu.
Jim’s heart was pounding painfully. “You-you’re rethinking this, aren’t you?”
“Lunch?” Spock murmured.
“No and you know that’s not what I mean. Us.”
Spock put down his menu. “May I inquire as to the nature of this particular latest skirmish?”
Jim bit his lip. Then winched. He’d forgotten it was slightly split. “Some guy said some stupid shit and I hit him and his friends jumped me and it went from there.”
“Stupid shit,” Spock repeated.
“Yeah.”
“About me.”
Jim nodded and looked away.
“Jim, give me your hand.”
He glanced at Spock, then put out his hand which Spock took in his.
“First, no, I am not.”
Jim frowned.
“Rethinking us.”
“Okay. Good because…”
“I do not care what they say about me.”
“Words have power.”
“Only if you allow them to, which I do not. And I would never wish for you to be put in harm’s way over thoughtless words spoken by those who are meaningless to us.”
“But—”
“I ask that next time, you simply walk away and contact me. We will discuss their words or their inferior thinking or the weather or what we plan to do later that day. Anything but engaging in violent confrontations. And if I am not available because I am instructing a class or in a meeting, I ask that you walk away anyway and wait for me.”
Jim closed his eyes, sighed, and nodded. “Okay.”
“Ashaya. Remove those glasses and look at me. I wish to see your beautiful eyes, even if they are damaged.”
Jim smiled a little and took the glasses off and set them on the table. “Are you hungry?”
“Not particularly.”
“Me either. And if I am later, we can order something to be delivered. Let’s get out of here. I just want to go home and be with you.”
Spock squeezed his hand. “I concur.”
They got up and left, telling the hostess as they left that they wouldn’t be staying. And side by side, they walked home.
June 19, 2020 at 4:04 am
He’s so fierce. Protective. He can’t let the slight slide. But I love that Spock doesn’t care, that he’d rather have Jim whole and undamaged then have him fighting. So perfect for each other!
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June 19, 2020 at 7:02 am
They are so perfect
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June 19, 2020 at 4:08 am
Oh my goodness I love these two
On one hand, good for Jim standing up for himself, on the other, Spock wanting Jim to just walk away is right.
I also have a lil suspicion that Jim walking away to Spock would allow Spock to sneakily take care of the jerks himself lol
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June 19, 2020 at 7:04 am
ha no Spock isn’t going to. If they were saying stuff about Jim, maybe, but since they are saying stuff about Spock himself he will not.
And FYI since the notices are not going through all the time (unless they were fixed, I updated The Vulcan Who Fell to Earth, should you wish to read it)
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June 19, 2020 at 7:33 am
Boy did you EVER update Stranded. Dam cliffies.
Anyway, see, as they started talking here, I was thinking, Spock can’t stand not getting to see the blue. It’s all about the blue and I get that cause that’s how I’d be…oh wait, SHINER?
Great story, and of course Jim would be just like that, and Spock would be JUST like that, and then they’d blow off lunch and walk home and be JUST.LIKE.THAT.
I’d never be able to eat around the guy. And even if I could, one glimpse of the blue, and I’d be swooning too hard to eat anyway. Or breathe. Breathing is off the table too.
I love Fridays. Even though I don’t work any more. Flashes are a reason to wake up, put my teeth in (metaphorically – I have great teeth), find one of my 15 pairs of glasses (which is no easy task any way) and drag myself in the walker to get to the computer! 🤓🤓🤓
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June 19, 2020 at 8:01 am
You are hilarious. Walker indeed. Good for you having your teeth. I am missing half of two of my teeth.
I have a friend who hasn’t been to the dentist in like 30 years. Her husband finally made an appointment for her. She went. Not a cavity or issue to be found. Lucky B! GRRR. Anyway…
Yes I would want to see those eyes too. Who can blame Spock. How can you get anything done around those? Him? Yeah.
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June 19, 2020 at 10:48 am
They are both so protective of one another. Jim is quick to defend Spock’s honor. Just as Spock is quick tI protect Jim from harm, making him promise to walk away. Of course, despite the sunglasses Spock suspected something was amiss. But then again who wouldn’t want to look into those blue eyes?
Jim’s idea is perfect! “I just want to go home and be with you.”
❤️💚😘🖖
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June 19, 2020 at 5:26 pm
I love that Jim is so protective of Spock, he engages in fights only because they’re saying shit about Spock. I doubt he’d cared if they’d insulted him. And Spock isn’t any better, they both don’t care if they’re insulted themselves, but attack the other one? That’s a recipe for getting your ass handed to you.
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June 20, 2020 at 8:52 am
Yes I agree. They don’t care about what is said about themselves, only each other
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