Disclaimer: I would gladly claim Star Trek as my own, if it didn't already belong to rich and powerful people, but really nice and cool people who could hurt me if they wanted to make a big deal about me playing with their franchise. I'll be nice and put them back when I'm done, 'kay?
A/N – Looking for inspiration to JUST MAKE MYSELF WRITE, I did a twist on the "ipod on shuffle" ficlets I've seen others do. The length of one song is barely enough for me to get an idea at this point, so I set my brain to STAR TREK TOS and listened to my online playlist (I have no ipod) until something inspired me and went from there.
This is the first in what I plan (hope) to be a series of short, unrelated TOS fics/fix, and they'll come from whatever muse grabs me. Let's hope I get grabbed often!
Chapter Title: His Immortal
Every now and again, the memories haunted him, even now. In so short a time as he'd known her, he had become captivated by her compassion, her gentle strength, her insight and foresight, and yes, of course, her beauty as well.
The mind of the captain understood. Dreadful as it had been, he had taken the correct action, made the command decision that must be made. He had buried her memory in a small, dark corner of his mind, and locked it away. After all, he had a job to do, he needed to function, could not dwell on what could never be and never should have been. Still, years later, her face would come to him in a dream, and the heart of the man in the command gold shirt would insist, yet again, that there must have been another way. But, his mind knew: the heart was lying.
Letting her die…no… not merely letting it happen, but making as certain as if he'd killed her himself that it did happen…had been the single hardest thing he'd ever had to do. Even the knowledge that millions would die who did not die before if he made the selfish choice, as he had so desperately wanted to do, had not lessened the pain of choosing. But even this worthy woman was not worth such a price.
If he had ever before let himself even think about falling totally, utterly, madly in love with any woman, Edith Keeler would have been the one. But, Captain James T. Kirk was already committed – totally, utterly, even madly at times – to one cold, hard and proud lady, and she would not deign to share him with any female of mere flesh.
Written with inspiration from "My Immortal" by Evanescence, which made me think of The City on the Edge of Forever, and it just went on from there. I hope you get the ending and who the lady is...let me know?