Chapter Twenty-One: The Kirks
Spock found himself illogically anticipating his time with the Kirks. He didn’t know how it happened, but very quickly Jim and his angel, Lily, had wrapped Spock around their little fingers.
And he was not at all displeased.
Over the last few days, Spock had investigated the distinct possibility that Jim was his T’hy’la, and if he was, as Spock suspected, being this enamored of Jim made perfect sense.
One might even say logical sense.
That might be pushing it, Spock acknowledged as he was greeted warmly by two of his three favorite humans. His mother still counted, of course.
“Spock! Spock!” Lily jumped up and down when Spock entered their house. “Daddy says you are doing a sleepover.”
Jim laughed but Spock nodded.
“Indeed.” He held up his overnight bag.
Jim came and took it from him. “I’ll put this upstairs. Be right back.”
Lily stood before him with a big smile. “I made you something.”
Spock arched a brow. “Oh?”
“A stocking! Come here.”
Spock followed her into the living room where on the mantle were attached three stockings. One for her daddy, one for her, and to Spock’s surprise, one for him. A blue one.
He was quite surprised to see that it had been filled too. There was a very large candy cane sticking out from the top.
Lily noticed his gaze. “That’s a candy cane.”
“I am aware.”
“Do you like them?” She now looked anxious and was wringing her hands. “I made sure it was vebben.”
Jim came up behind them then. “Vegan, sweetie.”
“Yes,” she agreed, as though that is what she had said. “Do you like them?” she asked again.
Spock had honestly never had one. And he didn’t want to lie to her.
“I have never had one but I am looking forward to trying it.”
Lily nodded, seeming satisfied. She fingered the stocking. “It also has nuts and oranges and…”
“Sweetie,” Jim interrupted with a laugh. “You aren’t supposed to tell him what’s in it. He’ll find out himself on Christmas. It’s a surprise.”
“Oh yeah! Sorry.” She giggled.
“Can you set the table for Daddy?”
“Sure.”
As she ran off to do so, Jim shook his head. “Non-breakable dishes. Hope that’s all right.”
“It is definitely all right. What are we having?”
“A sort of squash casserole thing with some warm bread.”
“It smells quite enticing.”
Jim cozied up to Spock. Gave him a quick kiss. “Thank you for coming. Hope the whole bar thing wasn’t too uncomfortable for you.”
“It was not,” Spock assured him.
“Good. All right. Let’s get some dinner.”
****
The squash casserole ended up being surprisingly good considering Spock had never even heard of such a dish and afterward they all spent time in the kitchen cleaning up.
It seemed really rather domestic to Spock but all in a good way.
He was not sure what the future held exactly, but he was pretty sure for him it included Jim and his little blonde angel.
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12 responses to “Let Nothing You Dismay Chapter 21”
I love that little girl. She’s as enthusiastic as Jim about Spock and I love it! They’re all very adorable and this story is the bright spot in my day!
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Thank you it is much appreciated
I have just 1 and a half chapters left to write and then I will feel such relief!!!
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This story is so wonderful.
Lily is indeed an angel.
I love this so much and can’t wait for more!
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Thank you! Just a few chapters left! 🎅
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See, YOU say “just a few chapters left” with such joy. And IIIII say “just a few chapters left” with a big hole in my stomach! I will miss these 3. Funny how you do that with your words.👼❤️
Large candy cane indeed.
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🎅 I know and I don’t mean to sound flippant or anything but I’m up to about 17,000 plus words on this that I’ve crammed out in a month and I feel pretty proud of that! But yes, I can see how the end for readers would be a little less joyous! 🎅
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You really did! We were talking how you don’t have to make long chapters, and you ended up making them plenty long anyway. You really have outdone yourself, and still have updated some of your other stories on ao3. Wow!
You haven’t said. Are you off work now this week and next? Or when you work from home do you even get time off?
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I work a half day Christmas Eve, off Christmas of course. And then the following week I am only working Tuesday, December 29th. They do, You can take your regular vacation days as you see fit and they have been encouraging us to take mental health days. In fact they made New Year’s Eve a holiday this year as “Well-Being Day”
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They are all adorable, but Lily definitely is the cutest of them all. I love her enthusiasm and Spock’s easy acceptance. Each new chapter brings a huge smile to my face!
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Thank you so much! And yes she’s a sweetheart 🎅
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Love how domestic this is! What a lovely little family. Especially love Lily’s enthusiasm. She’s a real sweetie! Spock and Jim will make wonderful parents!
I’ll be sad to see these characters leave… maybe we can revisit them in the future?! 🙏🙏
❤️💚🖖😘
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Ha well you never know. 🙂 🎄
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