
The minute the words were out of his mouth, Jim wanted to take them back. He knew they were idiotic. They barely knew each other and it was just way too early for “meet the family”. He wasn’t even sure anything they’d done so far even counted as an actual date. And he’d put Spock on the spot to have to come up with a polite way to decline. Jim would be doing that himself if the shoe was on the other foot.
“Forget I said that,” Jim said, forcing a smile. “I know that was crazy and way too soon. Sorry.”
He could see signs of relief in Spock’s expression though he was trying to fight them. “It is only that—”
“No.” Jim laughed. “I know. We just met a few days ago. Sometimes my mouth works faster than my brain. Some other time, maybe, but for now, I’m good.”
“When you return, perhaps, on Monday evening, I would like to have you over to my apartment for dinner,” Spock offered.
It was a nice Segway into getting out of the way too awkward gaffe Jim just did.
“That sounds great.”
Spock nodded. “I hope all goes well with your family.”
“Thanks. My dad is doing better already. Why don’t you have a seat and I’ll serve dinner?”
The evening turned out to be very nice once they got over Jim sticking his foot in his mouth with the stupid invitation. Dinner was delicious if he did say so himself and they spent the meal talking about each other’s work.
When it was over, Spock helped with the dishes, and then excused himself to go home.
All in all slow progress, progress, yes, but slow. Jim was pretty impatient sometimes so it was hard to force himself not even to try a kiss with Spock, but he had held back, figuring even that might be a bit too fast for this strange guy. Because yes Spock was different somehow then anyone Jim had ever met. But he liked him.
April 11, 2022 at 4:08 am
Of course you like him 😉
You make it so clear I can see it all perfectly in my head. Jim putting his foot in his mouth, but clearly he wanted it even if it is too soon. But I love their chemistry so much. It just leaps off the page!
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April 11, 2022 at 7:28 am
yep too soon and thank you!
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April 11, 2022 at 9:39 am
Well, it’s not that Jim wanted Spock to meet the folks.
What he WANTED was time, just the two of them, not just eating a meal together and then part ways for the night.
That drive would be several hours captive audience for them both. And THAT part is delightful. And from there, who knows!
Since Spock crashed, he hasn’t had enough money to actually go see around where he now lives or anything. Of course, we don’t know if he’d done any observing before he crashed, but I get the feeling the time break-through was right before the crash. Guess we’ll know soon enough.
Loved waking up to this!
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April 11, 2022 at 10:10 am
Yeah perhaps not BUT the drive really isn’t that long, less than 2 hours, so they wouldn’t get to know each other that much before bam here’s the family
We might get to know more about Spock’s experience prior to meeting Jim, we shall see 🙂
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April 11, 2022 at 10:21 am
Is that 2 hours round trip? I forgot what you said last time you commented about the distance.
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April 11, 2022 at 10:36 am
it’s about 90 minutes north of San Francisco. So it would be a uh like 3 hours round trip (I had to do math…LOL)
It’s probably actually slightly under 90 minutes but considering this is a modern AU I happen to know traffic is a BITCH along there! 😀
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April 11, 2022 at 4:05 pm
Jim just wants to spend extended time with Spock. Time away would be nice, except for the awkwardness of the family being there. I could just see them saying to Jim, so who is the guy with the beanie? Where did he come from? Lol!
I Love the comfortable domesticity of the story!
❤️💚😘🖖
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April 11, 2022 at 4:34 pm
thanks you know there will be some drama at some point 🙂
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