Advent Day 17
Jim stopped before the sign that read on the door Cookie Competition. He smiled and glanced at the message he’d received. Yep, this was definitely the place.
He pushed the door open and entered the building. He could see his mom’s station toward the back, so he headed there.
“How’s it going, Mom?”
She clapped. “Jim! You made it. You tell me, how do they look?”
He surveyed her marshmallow cookie creations. She’d made some into the shape of igloos and then made penguins and polar bears. They were adorable.
“Fantastic. They look great. Who’s your biggest competition?”
“See that lady at the end there with the scarf and the Vulcan hovering beside her?”
Jim looked and his heart stilled. Oh yeah, he was well familiar with that Vulcan.
“Jim?”
“Uh. Yeah. I’m sure yours are better. What’s she making?”
“Spice cookies but she has it all beautifully decorated with poinsettias and cardinals.”
Jim bit his lip. “I’ll go swing by.”
“Okay, but be inconspicuous!” she called after him.
“Fat chance,” he muttered.
He saddled up to their display and checked it out while the pair were speaking to someone else.
Jim had to admit the lady’s work was very elegant and pretty compared to his mom’s cutesy stuff. A moment later, the Vulcan moved to stand beside him, hands linked behind his back.
“You, uh, were gone when I woke,” Jim said out of the side of his mouth.
“I had to teach an early morning class. It was no reflection on you and our…activities.”
Jim’s lips twitched. “That’s good to know as I’d like to have more of those activities.”
“As would I.”
“Your mother?”
“Indeed. And yours?”
Jim laughed. “Yeah. She’s here for Christmas and decided to enter this competition.”
“My mother and father are currently here also.”
“Maybe we should have a get together,” Jim said, turning to Spock. ”Your mom does beautiful work.” He paused. “Just like her son.”
Spock arched a brow. “I will see you after the competition.”
“Maybe my mom will win the cutest and your mom the prettiest.”
“Perhaps. Dinner, Cadet?”
“Of course, Professor.”
Jim returned to his mom’s display.
She eyed him. “You were getting pretty cozy there.”
“Well, uh, turns out I’m seeing her son, that Vulcan.”
“Jim! You didn’t tell em you were seeing someone.”
“It’s…recent.”
“Well.” She crossed her arms. “I guess it’s okay if she beats me. Sorta.”
He laughed and kissed her. “Either way, you’re the best in my eyes.”
She hugged him. “And you for me. I can’t wait to meet your boyfriend.”
“Now, I didn’t say he was my boyfriend,” Jim protested.
“Would you like him to be?”
He smiled. “Yeah, I would.”
“Then I am sure he will be. It’ll be my Christmas wish.”
He laughed. “If only you really were Santa Claus.”
“Who says I’m not?” She winked. “Now, shh, here come the judges.”
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10 responses to “It’s a Marshmallow World”
The cuteness here is just awesome. Fluffy and happy and joyous. I love Jim and Spock’s interaction so much.
And Winona is too adorable as well.
Excellent Fic!
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thank you! I appreciate it ☃️
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They are all so cute. Love Winona’s gentle teasing of Jim. Her cookies sound so cute too. I bet Amanda’s are delicious! Now I want cookies!! 🍪🍪
I hope Winona can give the Christmas wish to Jim. I’m pretty sure she is Santa! ❤️💚🖖😘🎄🎅🤶🎁
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Right it does make you want cookies! LOL
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OK, that was so cute! Just, again, line after line. i love both moms being in this competition.
i definitely think the guys’ continuing activities qualifies them for boyfriend-dom and a ‘fulfilled’ check off (see what i did there? Get it? Check-off? 😁😁😁) on Santa’s list.
This is just a Mary Poppins flash – ‘perfect in every way.’
But i have to admit – when i saw the title, my immediate thought was – oh, yeah, TOS, marshmelons. Shat/Jim will be having a field day with Nimoy/Spock about that! But no. But that doesn’t mean I can’t think through this entire flash a second time with the TOS guys and moms. Even though we never saw TOS Winona.
No matter which way, you just made Friday morning PERFECT! Thank you. I love it!
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thank you! to be honest I never even think of that silly scene in the TOS movie so that doesn’t occur to me, but yes, I thought this one was pretty cute too 😀
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It IS a stupid scene, based on 1. Spock SAYS he researched it and 2. Spock ALWAYS knows more about Earth customs and history and – heck, just about everything, than the humans do. So they write into a movie that he gets ‘marshmallows’ wrong – and he has a miniature replicator in his very hand, making one? 3. i believe the replicator would require Spock to input the request correctly. 4. Kind of like the computer refused to give Chekov access to make a ship-wide notice when he gave his code as “Wictor Wictor.” Sigh…….i love that TOS writers tried to give us humor. But not in the face of complete and absolute ignorant …whatever you would call the marshmelon thing.
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Agree 100% PERCENT
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So cute. I love love love the cookie competition with Jim and Spock’s mothers. And Jim and Spock being almost boyfriends. ❤
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thanks 🙂
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