Jim wouldn’t exactly say he was disappointed to be back on the Enterprise.
The thing about shore leave was that it wasn’t really special if it was an every day thing. Or so he had convinced himself. He couldn’t entirely deny he would still love to live in a tropical paradise with an ocean view to wake up to every morning.
Waking up to the stars of the galaxy wasn’t such a bad view either, though.
And waking up next to Spock was perhaps the best view of all.
He was content. With Spock by his side and with Spock’s counsel, he could and would do another five-year mission. Then perhaps retire. Or semi-retire.
He just couldn’t imagine himself just sitting around in the farmhouse, getting up to chop wood for the fire or whatever. He didn’t really see Spock as particularly stationary either. Spock’s counterpart had stayed active and involved right up to his death. Spock would be the same.
Jim spent extra time with Bones, sharing a meal in the mess with him and then later a drink on Bone’s quarters because Spock had told him not to come to their quarters quite yet. He had a surprise for Jim.
Finally Spock communicated with him that he could come to their quarters.
“Got any idea what surprise Spock has for me?” Jim asked as he prepared to leave.
Bones smirked. “Maybe, maybe not.”
“You do know!”
His friend shrugged and said, “Have a good night, Jim.”
Jim made his way to his quarters, perhaps with a quick anticipation in his step. The door opened at his command.
Spock stood in the middle of their quarters, hands clenched behind his back, wearing his favorite pair of flannel pajama bottoms and a T-Shirt.
“Welcome, Captain.”
Jim smiled. “Captain is it?”
His husband’s lips twitched. “Would you like to take a bath?”
“A…bath?”
“In your new whirlpool tub.”
“My…what? Spock, we can’t have that on the ship.”
“In fact we can. It’s all approved and installed. And while you are correct in that it is neither advisable or practical to make use if it every day, once a week is acceptable.” Spock held out his hand. “Come, T’hy’la. Let’s try it out.”
The end….thanks for reading this little series. Starting tomorrow, February first, I will be posting flashes with the theme of love/Valentine’s. Only on Wednesdays I am afraid with the exception of Tuesday, February 14. You’ll still get Bombay chapters on Fridays too.
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13 responses to “January 31, 2023”
Gah! Killing me with the thoughtfulness. I have thoroughly enjoyed these two and their love. Well done!
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And I’m definitely looking forward to February but there’s no need to apologize! Once a week is great, especially when you have the other one going too.
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thank you 🙂
Fortunately February is short!
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thank you, all’s well that ends well
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Awesome ending! Thanks for this January gift. i was definitely NOT expecting anything like this. I look forward to February – but that’s still twice a week. (or as long as Bombaby – oops – OH – I LIKE my typo! Anyway – as long as Bombay lasts) I am happy!
(I’m sorry. But from now on, apparently that fic will be known to my brain as Bombaby. It’s a thing. There’s no fixing it.)
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I always think of Doctor Bombay from Bewitched, LOL “Paging Doctor Bombay, we need you”. HA HA
But yes Bombaby seems to work quite well considering it’s Jim 🙂
Thank you! Now I just gotta write tomorrow’s flash!
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“Come right away.” And he always shows up in some wild clothes or shorts with a gorgeous woman on his arm or something!
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YES!!!!
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Bravo! Great story & a wonderful ending.🖖
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Appreciate it 🙂
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” Paging Dr. Bombay ! Emergency ! Come right away ! ” was the first thing I thought of- – – –
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Great conclusion to these flashes! Love Spock’s surprise. Sounds like a major engineering project . But Spock would jump through hoops, if it’s for Jim! I bet Spock got it approved with Bones’ help as needed therapeutically (is that even a word? It just doesn’t look right?) for Jim… Especially since he’s had so many lifelong injuries. Spock, I’m sure, of course made sure it’s spacious enough to accommodate a second person. 😉
I can’t remember, will you put this in ao3 for others to enjoy?
Hope you enjoyed your weekend. 🎉🎊🥳
❤️💚😘🖖
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Yes I will put it up on AO3 eventually
thank you!
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