It was funny to be stuck on a planet doing diplomatic negotiations on Christmas. Not to mention the three-year anniversary of when he had asked his now husband to marry him during a crew performance of the Twelve Days of Christmas. He smiled faintly remembering Spock dressed as a piper while he presented the Vulcan with a golden ring.
They had bonded and married a month later, but still Jim would rather be spending the holiday with his husband, family, and friends rather than fighting off the advances of a planetary inhabitant who couldn’t or wouldn’t take no for an answer.
Jim had just resigned himself to go back into a conference when a male from the planet approached him.
“Captain Kirk?”
“Yeah?”
“Lieutenant Uhura from your ship has contacted us and advised that you are required to return for an urgent situation.”
Jim nodded, all business, as he retrieved his communicator. “I’ll be in touch. Enterprise, energize.”
He stepped off the transported immediately.
“What’s the emerg—”
Standing there in the transporter room was Spock dressed in his dress uniform, holding a rose. Around his neck was a wreath with a big red bow.
“Merry Christmas and Happy Anniversary, Jim.”
Jim laughed. “Well, hell. There’s no emergency?”
“Only for you to spend the evening with me, having dinner, and then later celebrating with our friends.”
Jim rushed at him then, thoroughly kissing him. “Thank you. You always know just what I need.”
“It is the bond,” Spock murmured, kissing Jim back.
“No, it’s just you.” Jim hugged him. “I sure hope you’re my present because I have intentions of unwrapping you.”
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13 responses to “Flash Fic, December 23, 2022”
Awww. My heart just melted. The utter affection. The love. Merry Christmas indeed.
Love it.
Happy holidays and merry Christmas my friend!
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Merry Christmas
Hope your area is not among those with the terrible weather! 🎄
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Yeah we should be okay. Freezing on the roads for a bit but only a few inches of snow. Thanks dear!
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Awwww! And of course the golden ring flash is one of my all-time faves. I read it pretty often, I love it so much.
So of course not only is it fun to visit them 3 years down the road, but it’s awesome to see how Spock got Jim back to the ship to celebrate. Heck yeah it’s an emergency. Just a good one rather than the usual crisis/dangerous one.
Well, thanks for all 5 days of flashes this week. It’s been so fun to wake up to every day. And I guess this is the final one before Christmas. So – Merriest Christmas and Happiest New Year 2023!
Oh – and for the original: Twelve Days of Christmas (Day Nine) https://archiveofourown.org/works/21793285
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I had to use the 12 days of Christmas flash as an inspiration for one this year.
Being with Spock is a total emergency
Yes this is the last flash before Christmas. I have 3 flashes set to go MWF of next week (though one ended up being not quite a flash but more of a beginning scene.
And thanks for linking that too. I guess I will eventually put most of these in a fic called December Holiday Flashes 2022 to include on A3 but not until the last one next week appears Merry Christmas 👪⛪🌟
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This was so great to come home to. I worked last night and did last minute shopping on the way home and a stop at Whole Foods! During the night, the temperatures were around 54° but torrential rain all night long which continued into the afternoon! Niw the rain is ending around, but the temperature is going to go down to the single digits tonight. And of course I have to get to work tonight at midnight , so I’m concerned about icing on the roads! 🥶❄️😱. The power went out at my house because a tree knocked the wire down on the road behind us at 4 AM. And it is now 3:45 PM and our power is still out. Yikes! We are forever losing power. Because our electric lines go through a room that has a lot of really old trees! And unfortunately, really old trees tend to lose branches which happen to fall on wires. Ughhh!!
They begged me to work Sunday night, but I held fast and said no. They then got someone else to do it. They were trying to give me bonus money as an incentive, but I really wanted to have the whole weekend off. For a change it’s nice to have Christmas Eve night and Christmas night off!!!
I really think this story is super cute and I love how Spock just knows what to do! It’s not the bond, it’s Spock! Thanks j for the link. I’ll be reading it soon.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and to all!
🎄🤶🎅🎁❤️💚🖖😘
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Yay I am so glad you held fast to your no. In your line of work I am sure it’s next to impossible to get those days off, so I am glad you held strong on the no.
Sorry you are getting some of that bad weather. We are going to have a mild sunny Christmas which I am absolutely thrilled with!
Glad this flash made you smile 🎄 Merry Christmas
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Oh… as I said, we lost power but we finally have a generator that is providing us with power.
🎉🎊🎊🎉
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Hope your generator continues to work. A bunch of us have them out here because the power companies turn off power in windstorms
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I, on the other hand, am in the midst of -1 below zero weather-it’s Delta freakin’ Vega here ! Thank you, Ivan, for warming the freeze-dried cockles of my heart w/this…my very best holiday wishes to you all—-
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Oh no! So Sorry. M’s sister lives in ND and it’s 8 below. I’ll pass. But you definitely have my sympathies. Stay inside where it’s hopefully warm!
And best wishes for the holiday too
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So glad they called Jim back for an ’emergency’ 🙂
“I sure hope you’re my present because I have intentions of unwrapping you.” 😀
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Yep 😀
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