Together, But Still Idiots
Spock laid asleep, cuddled behind his mate, holding Jim in his arms where he belonged. He stirred awake slightly when he felt the covers over his backside be lifted. He swatted a hand behind him then cuddled back into Jim’s warmth.
The covers were lifted again a second later and Spock groaned. “Jim, cease.”
“’m not doing anything,” Jim mumbled back.
“I’m doing it,” a voice said from behind them.
They both shot up in the bed and looked to see an older man resembling Jim standing at the side of the bed holding up the covers. The man had hazel eyes, short dull blonde hair with gray streaks. He wore a flannel button-up shirt that showed he had a bit of a paunch and slacks.
“Nice ass by the way, but what the hell are you doing in my bed?” the old man questioned.
Spock grabbed the covers away from the man, covering himself, as he and Jim continued to stare.
“Jim, leave them alone,” Selik said from the doorway.
Spock and Jim looked to Spock Prime before looking back to…Kirk Prime?
“Oh wow,” Jim said in awe.
“Oh wow, indeed, but I ask again, what are you two doing in our bed, huh? You’ve soiled the bedding now, so you will be replacing them.”
“Jim…” Selik tried.
“No, Spock,” Kirk said. “They can’t just barge into our home and take our bed! I was gone one night, Spock, one and I come back to you letting blue eyes and nice ass take over the house.”
“It is advisable to let them get dressed,” Selik told him, walking over and taking Kirk’s hand and leading him from the room.
“You two know you’re making us breakfast right?” Kirk managed to get out before Selik shut the door.
Jim and Spock blinked at the closed door before Jim said, “What just happened?”
"I do not know."
Jim and Spock slowly dressed, stripped the sheets and cover off the bed and silently exited the bedroom. They stood just in the living room and stared at Selik seated in his chair with a cup of tea.
“Good morning, young ones,” Selik greeted them. “I trust you two slept well.”
Jim and Spock nodded.
Kirk came into the room from the kitchen and looked them over. “Not badly dressed either.”
“Jim,” Selik sighed. “Behave.”
“I am behaving. They are the ones who…”
“It is alright,” Selik interrupted, giving Kirk a look.
Kirk huffed but nodded then looked to Jim. “I guess we do sort of look similar.”
“Yeah,” was all Jim could manage. He and Spock were still a little shocked by his appearance.
“Those are gorgeous blue eyes...” Kirk said. “I bet you use those to get your way a lot?”
Jim nodded.
“Works well on him, doesn’t it?” Kirk asked, nodding to Spock.
Jim nodded.
“Can you speak?”
“Yeah.”
Kirk and Selik chuckled then Kirk motioned for Jim to follow him into the kitchen. “I hope you like pancakes because that’s what you’re going to help me make.”
“Yeah,” Jim said before following Kirk and leaving Spock and Selik in the living room.
Spock watched them leave before looking to his counterpart and saying, “Well done.”
“Same to you.”
Jim laughed as Kirk finished a story about an exciting mission when he was captain. Spock and Selik shook their heads before walking into Amanda and Sarek’s house before their illogical mates.
“Bones was livid for weeks after it,” Kirk laughed.
“I can totally picture that!” Jim laughed back as they entered the house and found Amanda and company staring at them.
“I see they have met,” Amanda commented with a smile.
“Yeah, we did,” Jim replied.
“This kid’s alright,” Kirk told her, putting an arm around Jim’s shoulder. “I know why you and Spock talk about him so much. My Spock that is.”
Spock the younger shook his head before holding his hand out to his Jim. Jim smiled and walked over, touching two fingers to Spock’s and then looking to Amanda and Sarek.
“Mother, father,” Spock said. “Jim and I have entered into a romantic relationship.”
“A monogamous, romantic relationship,” Jim corrected.
“Indeed.”
“Oh we know,” Amanda told them. “We’re not blind.”
“Mother…”
“Your mother and I approve of your mate,” Sarek spoke up. “When will the bonding ceremony take place?”
Spock’s cheeks tinted green. “I do not…”
“Soon,” Jim interrupted, smiling at Spock. “We’ll do it soon.”
“That is wise as Spock’s Time is nearing.”
“Time?” Jim questioned as Spock looked to his father in slight shock.
“Oh! Pon farr!” Kirk exclaimed. “That is so much fun!”
Selik shook his head as Amanda giggled.
“What is that?” Jim asked, looking around at every one.
“C’mon, Jim, more stories for me to regale you with,” Kirk told him with a grin, putting his arm back around the young one’s shoulder and leading him further into the house.
“I do not…” Spock tried but Selik shook his head. Spock nodded. “Illogical.”
“Yes, but we love them.”
“Indeed.”
Amanda smiled at her son then wiggled a brow.
“Mother?”
“Grandbabies?”
“Mother!”
“We have to get back up to the ship now,” Jim sighed as he and Spock were saying good-byes to Kirk and Selik. They’d left Amanda and Sarek’s not too long ago after Amanda had given Jim and Spock really long hugs goodbye.
Kirk looked up to the sky for a moment before nodding. “It was nice finally meeting you two.”
“Would you like to come up?” Jim asked.
Selik stepped up to his mate and put a hand on the small of his back. “Our time for that has passed.”
“Yeah, and I would end up wanting to stay and a starship is no place for Buster.”
“Perhaps you could…” Spock tried, but Kirk chuckled.
“I know so much that I would not be good to work with Starfleet. It’s your time now.”
Jim nodded. “Should I be aware of anything, or is there any advice I should follow?”
“No, since for any advice I would have, Spock would just tell me to shut up.”
“Indeed,” Selik agreed.
Jim smiled. “Warnings then?”
Kirk laughed then looked to his Vulcan. “We could give them a hint or two.”
“No.”
“What about the whales?”
“Jim,” Selik sighed.
“Or bearded you.”
“Jim…”
“What about Leila?”
“James,” Selik sighed again causing Kirk to chuckle.
“Alright, no hints.”
Jim and Spock blinked at their counterparts before Jim grinned and nodded.
“Thank you anyway,” Jim told them. Jim’s grin then got bigger and stepped closer to Kirk and whispered. “Play along.”
“Okay,” Kirk whispered back.
“So, how about next visit,” Jim started, putting an arm around Kirk’s shoulder. “We four can really get to know each other.” Jim wiggled his brows at Kirk.
Kirk grinned back. “We’d love that.”
Spock and Selik stared at their mates; both their left eyes started twitching.
“Yeah? That’s great. I’ve never been in a foursome before!” Jim said.
“You know what, me neither,” Kirk replied. They both smiled at each other before looking to their Vulcans.
Besides their eyes twitching, both were standing very still with their mouths slightly open.
“I think we broke them,” Kirk said.
“Most likely. Anyway, it was great meeting you. Until next time.”
“Until next time.”
Jim and Kirk then hugged before Jim turned and headed towards the shuttle. Spock blinked then quickly followed after his mate but not before giving Kirk's backside glance.
Kirk chuckled then headed for his hover car.
“That was not appropriate, t'hy'la,” Selik finally said, looking to Jim’s retreating backside before following after his own mate.
“Yeah, yeah, you can punish me for it when we get home.”
Jim and Spock left the shuttle and Jim sported a huge smile. Spock had been staring heatedly at him the whole ride back to their ship. Jim just wanted to get to his quarters already.
They headed for the turbolift when they ran into Rand in the hall.
“Oh, Captain, Commander,” she said. “Some of the crew are waiting for a briefing in the conference room.”
“Briefing?” Jim asked.
“Yes, sir.”
Jim looked to Spock who merely raised a brow. “I guess the conference room then, Mr. Spock.”
“Indeed, Captain. Hopefully it will be a short briefing.”
Jim nodded then they both headed to the conference room.
When the door to the room slid open before them, Jim and Spock nearly jumped at the sight and sounds. Poppers exploded, confetti was thrown, and their friends cheered.
Jim and Spock stared. On the wall behind their friends was a makeshift banner that read ‘FINALLY!’
“What…what is this?” Spock asked.
“Your mother comm’d me,” Uhura said with a big grin. “Said you two finally got your acts together.”
“What?” Jim asked, still shocked. “You knew?”
“Of course we knew,” Bones griped. “Everyone knows everyone’s business on this ship.”
“I have known since Pavaxis III,” Chekov spoke up with a grin.
“How?” Jim asked, walking into the room. “Spock and I have been careful.”
“Tryxa told me that she tried to be with you first but that the Wulcan wanted you all to himself,” Chekov said.
The bridge crew laughed at the blushes that appeared on Jim’s and Spock’s faces.
“Right, okay. You all know,” Jim told them. “Spock and I are boyfriends.”
“Mates,” Spock corrected before pinching Jim’s posterior.
Jim jumped slightly, his blush getting more prominent. “Um…so…Spock and I will be…busy until shift.”
“Yes,” Spock agreed before taking Jim’s hand and leading him from the room.
Bones shook his head at his retreating friends. “They’re still idiots.”
“Agreed,” Sulu, Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov responded.
A few hours later, Jim cuddled up against his boyfriend, mate, lover in bed. He laid his head on Spock’s chest and placed a hand over where Spock’s heart was beating in his side.
“I love you,” Jim said softly.
“Taluhk nash-veh k'dular,” Spock replied, wrapping his arms around Jim and kissing the top of his head.
Jim smiled. “What’s that mean?”
“I cherish thee.”
Jim nuzzled against Spock’s chest. “I like that. Are you going to tell me what t’hy’la means?”
Spock arched a brow but Jim could not see. “Your pronunciation has gotten better. How?”
“Kirk taught me to say it right.”
“Of course he did.”
Jim chuckled before lifting his head to look at Spock. “What’s it mean?”
“Friend.”
Jim creased his eyebrows together. “Is that all?”
“Friend. Brother. Lover. Soulmate.”
“Oh. That’s...” Jim then paused before moving his hand from Spock’s heart to pinch a pointy ear. “Idiot! You could’ve told me that months ago.”
“You could have informed me that you loved me months ago as well.”
“We’re not talking about me though.”
Spock smiled at that which melted Jim’s heart.
“Don’t smile at me like that. I’ll have the Enterprise turned back to Vulcan and us hitched in no time if you smile at me like that.”
“I would not complain if you do that.”
Jim huffed out a light laugh. “We’ll do that when it’s your sexy, hot, Vulcan mating time.”
Spock shook his head. “No.”
Jim grinned. “Is there like a specific time for this mating sexytime so I can countdown to it or…”
“No.”
“Aw, Spock, c’mon.”
“Go to sleep.”
“No.”
“I love you.”
“Love you too Spock, but the Pon Farr…”
Spock shook his head. “I wish we were still being idiots so this conversation would end.”
Jim laughed and laid back down. “Tough, you’re stuck with me now.”
“The horror.”
Jim blew a raspberry on Spock’s chest before settling down against Spock and being wrapped up in the Vulcan’s warm embrace. Spock had the lights turned down and closed his eyes.
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.
.
“Whales,” Jim quietly said in the dark. “Wonder what he meant by that.”
“Perhaps you have become senile in your old age.”
“You’d look good with facial hair.”
“Jim, sleep.”
“Sexy, bearded Spock.”
“Sleep, my idiot mate.”
Jim chuckled then asked, “Who is Leila?”
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“Go to sleep.”
“Spock.”
“I am sleeping.”
“Fine. Goodnight my idiot Vulcan.”
“Goodnight, ashayam.”