Totally Modern Jim is back. Hope to get this resolved and finished this month and up on AO3.

Jim bent down and grabbed himself a bottled beer from his fridge.
“How’s Dad doing?” he asked his brother. He had Sam on speaker phone, his cell phone lying on the counter.
“Pretty good. Getting his strength back. He’s been out to the vineyard once even. Has to take it pretty slow but I think he’s going to be okay.”
Jim smiled. “I’m so glad. I was really worried. Wish I could see him more often.”
“You could move up here. There’s enough bedrooms and bathrooms for you to have your own ensuite. I might even be persuaded to get some constructions guys out to put in your own direct access door straight to your rooms.”
He rolled his eyes, well aware Sam couldn’t see him. But this was a constant with his family. Always trying to talk him into moving to Napa.
“That would be far too much of a commute from the University,” he said dryly.
“The winery’s doing well enough these days you could give up teaching. Dad and I can give you pointers on what you’d need to know about the wine business. You’ve said before you’re getting a little tired of teaching.” Sam paused. “Unless you’re getting along really good with that neighbor of yours.”
“Spock.”
“Strange name. Spock what?”
“I don’t know. It’s just Spock.”
“Hmm. So are you?”
“As a matter of fact he’s coming over here when he gets home from work.”
“Aha, so you are. When are you going to be bringing him up to meet the family?”
Jim laughed, twisted off the cap from his beer and took a long swig. “Never.”
“Never? You guys aren’t getting close?”
“Define close.”
“Sleeping together?”
“Sure.”
“Then why not bring him? Are you embarrassed by us?”
He sighed. “Nope. I mean, yeah, who wouldn’t be, but that’s not it.”
Sam snorted. “What is then? Why don’t you want us to meet your boyfriend?”
“Because he isn’t.”
“Isn’t?”
“That’s right. Not my boyfriend. We’re dating or seeing other, sleeping together, I guess, but the truth is it’s really temporary, so we aren’t getting serious.”
“It’s not really like you to sleep with someone casually though.”
“I know. But this time that’s what’s going on. I would have liked something else, but Spock’s not sticking around. His life here in San Francisco is temporary. He’s going back to where he came from soon.”
“I see. And where is that?”
“Some place called Vulcan. I think it’s back east. Like Massachusetts or something. So there’s no point in bringing him to meet the folks under those circumstances.”
No matter how much he was falling for Spock. Idiot that he was.
“Yeah I get you. Well, when he is gone, you should give serious consideration to my offer, Jim. We all want you here in Napa. If you don’t want to work on the vineyard, there are colleges up here for you to consider teaching at.”
“I’ll think about it,” Jim finally conceded.
“Good. I gotta go. I’ll talk to you again in a few days. Bye.” Jim disconnected the call and sighed. He was expecting Spock in about an hour, so he had work to do on grading papers in the meantime.
May 2, 2022 at 4:22 am
Aw man. He’s breaking my heart a little bit here. Honey! You two are made for each other. Neither of you know it yet.
I love this modern story! It’s fun. And has the feels!
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May 2, 2022 at 8:17 am
thanks yeah there’s going to be a bit of angst at some point lol
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May 2, 2022 at 7:18 am
Oh Jim! I feel so badly for him thinking that this is all so temporary…. He’s just thinking that right? It won’t actually be temporary, will it? Sam is adamant that he wants Jim to move to be near him in Napa. However, Jim’s heart is with Spock! I’m anxiously awaiting the next update of this.
❤️💚🖖😘
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May 2, 2022 at 8:17 am
I have several different endings in my head at this point, see reply to J
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May 2, 2022 at 7:24 am
Well, in all honesty, if Spock really does figure out how to leave but doesn’t take Jim, moving to Napa might be the right thing. Especially if Jim IS getting tired of teaching.
He may need the change of scenery. And wow, will his family be distracting from his missing Spock. Because he’s not going to get over Spock easily, no matter how casual he’s TRYING to be.
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May 2, 2022 at 8:19 am
I keep playing around with different endings.
In one, George dies of his heart trouble, and Sam and Winona convince Jim to go with Spock
In another even with Jim’s help, Spock can’t figure out how to go back and stays
In another, Jim helps him figure out a way to leave but he doesn’t go with him, deciding his family is too important to leave behind
So it can go several different ways, we will see!
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May 2, 2022 at 8:29 am
Well, you can either go with the logical ending, or throw logic to the wind. It’s a hard one.
All roads lead to spirk. But there’s no defining for how long.
I just know, with his ship crashed…and modern technology not being anything that could help, seems like some from his own time would be desperately trying to get him back and they’d have to actually do it.
Could Spock be happy on Earth? Could Jim be happy on Vulcan?
Is this one that just….everybody can’t be happy? Cause IRL…often that’s just the way it is.
I live that myself every single day and have for a long time.
Nothing can change it. It literally is what it is.
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May 2, 2022 at 8:58 am
Yes we shall see whatever I decide it will be this month!
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May 2, 2022 at 8:32 am
As you decide, may I direct your contemplations to Gillian?
Take that in any of the many, MANY ways it implies.
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May 2, 2022 at 8:58 am
are you talking about the scientist chick from the Voyage Home? Yes she did indeed go to their time that’s true
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May 2, 2022 at 9:05 am
Yes.
But I can’t remember if she had even any family.
It focused so on her love of the whales. It made sense of her to want to go with them and take care of them, since no other scientist had any need to study whales, being extinct in 23rd century Earth.
It’s just someone to consider.
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May 2, 2022 at 9:18 am
I got the distinct impression she did not have a family that was at least a concern to her and that’s why she wanted to stay in their time
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May 2, 2022 at 9:07 am
The one cool thing is, as they say,
“There’s no wrong way to eat a Reeses.”
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May 2, 2022 at 9:37 am
Another consideration for Jim will be if Spock stays (if that is even an option) if something makes Spock ill or injured, what doctor could treat him in OUR times with his green blood and heart in the “wrong place”
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May 2, 2022 at 10:09 am
You’re right. They ship him directly to Area 51 and disect him.
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May 2, 2022 at 10:11 am
Yep they absolutely would
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