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Jim awakened to a tiny hand on his cheek. For a moment he was startled, thinking he was back in the Enterprise and some unknown creature had entered his quarters and he was under attack.

“Daddy.”

Jim came fully awake and saw the sun streaking through his room. “What time is it?”

“I can’t tell time yet.”

He sighed and glanced at the clock beside his bed. “Six?”

The little girl with the golden curls didn’t seem to care about that. “The Easter Bunny has been here.”

“The what?”

“Easter Bunny.” She jumped up and down. “He left me a basket.”

Jim blinked. “How do you know the Easter Bunny is a he?”

“The bowtie, Daddy.”

“The Easter Bunny has a bowtie?”

She nodded.

Jim frowned. He glanced toward the other side of the bed, which was empty. Right. Spock was currently off planet visiting his ailing clan elder.

“Come on, Daddy!”

Jim got up, a little confused. He was the Easter Bunny and he had planned on putting her Easter basket out this morning while she was outside doing her Easter egg hunt. The Easter Bunny wasn’t real, obviously, so how could a basket be already there?

His mom?

But she wasn’t going to be coming until that afternoon to join them for dinner. She must have slipped in early.

“Grandma here?”

“No, Daddy.” She grabbed his hand. “Come on.”

“Okay, but hang on for just a minute. Daddy wants to get his bathrobe.” Jim went into he bathroom, peed, and then pulled on his robe, allowing his golden haired daughter with her pointy ears to take him with her to the dining room.

Sure enough a giant Easter basket lay on the table filled with candy and stuffed animals and hair bows.

“Uh.”

“See!”

“Yeah, I do, but…” And then on the other side of the table he spotted a satchel that looked very familiar. “Spock?”

And around the corner came Jim’s Vulcan.

“Good morning, Jim.”

She ran up to Spock, who scooped her up in his arms.

“I told Daddy the Easter Bunny had come but he didn’t believe me.”

Jim laughed and went to Spock, leaning past their daughter to give him a quick kiss. “I believe it now. Welcome home.”