The guys continue to visit Riverside.
“Jim.”
He was falling, falling, he couldn’t catch his breath, why…
“Jim, Jim.”
He was being shaken. So hard. Tears burned his eyes.
“Stop, you’re hurting me!”
“Jim, darling, please.”
Suddenly he gasped for breath and sat up straight. Hands were on his back and chest as he heaved for air.
“That is it, love. Breathe, that’s it.”
“Spock? Spock?”
“Yes, Jim, yes.”
Tears streamed down his face. Spock’s thumb wiped at him.
“A bad one?”
“Mmm.”
Spock pulled him close. “I will never let anyone or anything harm you. What did you dream? Not the monsters on Delta again?”
“No, honey, nothing like that. Frank. Him throwing me out a window. Him shaking me until my teeth rattled for breaking a glass. Think it’s probably being in this house, ya know?”
Spock was quiet for a while. “And you are sure he is no more?”
Jim looked at him quizzically. “Why?”
“I wish to kill him.”
“Someone did that a long time ago. Not long after Mom kicked him to the curb. He was an asshole who never did know when to keep his mouth shut.” He grabbed Spock’s hand. “I’m so glad you’re here.”
“I could never be anywhere else. I will follow you to the ends of the universe.”
Jim kissed him. “Right now, just follow me to breakfast.”
He was delighted when Spock laughed. He always loved to be surprised by his Vulcan.
“You’re amazing. And I smell waffles.”
You will see these guys one more time on Friday to wrap up June.
I already have 5 of the expected 9 Christmas in July’s scheduled. You can expect those Wednesdays and Fridays in July.
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12 responses to “Flash Fic, June 21, 2022”
I love Spock. I love him.
I love hurt comfort so much and Jim is breaking my heart but oh Spock right there to take care of him. Excellent.
And yay for Christmas in July! 🙂
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Yes I knew you’d like this!
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I tried to make a comment two separate times on the previous post, but I don’t see either attempt on there. 🤷🏻♀️ Do you see a comment from me there? So here goes, hopefully this comment will appear here.
I loved this flash. Spock taking care of Jim after he wakes up from the nightmare just floats my boat. Poor Jim having gone through that experience! Spock’s assurance is so loving, Spock pulled him close. “I will never let anyone or anything harm you.“. A very difficult proposition considering how reckless Jim can be and the risky jobs that they have! But Spock will try to fulfill that promise! I’m also looking forward to seeing the Christmas 🎅🎄in July flashes. Hard to believe it’s almost July!
❤️💚😘🖖
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You were in spam for some reason lol I took you out.
thank you, I love Spock taking care of Jim too but you are right his job will be tough
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Oh Jim. So glad he has Spock there with him. Can’t wait to see them again. 🙂
Now I want waffles.
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snort
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Made me cry. Your writing does that pretty often. Usually I can tell, yep, it’s on its way.
This caught me by surprise. Obviously even more so since – it’s not Friday! (And it’s not a Monday or Wednesday either – so totally out of the blue. I LOVE the blue. I wanna live there in the blue. And of course that makes me think of…yeah, THAT blue. Or THOSE blue. Yum.)
Also out of the blue – I wanna kill Frank too.
I’m not one to think kill very often. Like, maybe, hardly EVER. So that one caught me even more by surprise.
Anyway, thank you so much for this!!!!
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(Funny I actually used the word ‘kill’ and didn’t get thrown in WP jail. But call someone a monster, and off you go into moderation.)
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Yeah there’s actually no rhyme or reason to it!
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Yeah I think its the idea of AOS Jim being abused brings out the protector in all of us.
It’s always nice to have a surprise flash! I had started one before this and went, oh wait, this is good for Christmas in July so I saved that one for July lol
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(I will be totally totally honest and say I kind of thought there might be a surprise flash on Father’s Day.)
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I actually never even considered that. I guess with my dad being dead 30 years I just don’t really think about it in that way anymore
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