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Warning: Slow moving slash and three-way, mentions of child abuse and sexual abuse.

Chapter: 1

Jim sat down in the shuttle seat and strapped himself in as he looked around the small cadet shuttle; it was almost a sea of red already and not for the first time since he decided he was coming if this was a good idea. True there was nothing for him in Iowa he did have some friends and family in California he could fall back on; he almost ran his hand through his hair when a commotion came from the side. Wow was that little pilot spunky! Jim resisted the urge to smirk as the scruffy, but definitely sexy, man sat down next to him. "I may through up on you." He said making Jim's eyes water a bit at the strong smell of mint and bourbon? Who brushed their teeth then drank bourbon? Then again who got into a bar fight then decided to join an academy for an intergalactic military? He heard himself talk to the messed up man beside him and had to refrain from scooting over as he made three cadets move away with his little space will kill you speech. His attention snapped into focus at the wife bit and he denied silently cheering as the man informed him that the woman had left him. He eyed the small flask as he heard the high pitched whine of the engines getting ready to start; he would need some of that. Thankfully the other was kind enough to give him a drink of the surprisingly expensive liquor, "Jim Kirk." he stated and handed the man back his flask. "McCoy, Leonard McCoy."

Thankfully the southern man refrained from vomiting on Jim as the shuttle was flying through the stratosphere, the trip wouldn't take that long but the brunet next to him had already fallen asleep or passed out. Jim would bet money on passed out, sighing lightly he ran his hand through his hair and winced. Closing his eyes he stretched slowly to take stock of his pains and injuries, his brother was going to kill him. Not only had he given the bike that they had worked on away to a perfect stranger, but he had also leapt without thinking, again. Sighing again he shifted, well taking a trip down memory lane did that, why did their mother have to sell the damn farm to Starfleet any way? Couldn't she just send a damn truck and have the movers pile everything in it instead of making her sons do it? Cussing the women, not for the first time in the last few days, for making Sam and himself go through the trinkets and clothes, boxes and totes in the attic, he could feel the command pin in his pocket that George had left on the dresser before going onto the Kelvin. The steel ring with little roman numbers on it felt cool in his hand, the things his father had willed to them but they never got because Wynona had kept them with her. Sam had broken down three days before and had left with the truck, his own mementoes clutched in his hands as he drove home to his wife and two kids. Drove home to loving people to a proper family, not like the one Jim had known but what Sam had had before Jim was born. That thought still stung and had drove him to the bar every night for the past three days, his father's shadow making him drink hard and get pissed off enough to accept Pike's challenge. Rubbing the small headache that came with the thought of calling his brother to explain and send some of his stuff or at least maybe some of the credits he had in a jar on his dresser so he could get what he needed, god this was going to suck, way to go Jim.

The shuttle made a soft bump as it landed making McCoy jerk awake and it took a few soothing words to keep the man from yelling before they unbuckled and fallowed the short pilot to a room for registration, made Jim think of the stock yards he would watch when he was younger and had to fight the urge to moo. McCoy, it turned out, was a doctor so his line was shorter and led away from Jim; he nodded as a way of saying goodbye before leaving the blond in his long as hell line. Finally getting up to the front he stated his name for the computer and sighed softly as the Ensign's eye widened at his last name and birth records, "Your George Kirk's son?" he almost squeaked making a few look at him and the room grow silent. Fighting the urge to fidget he slapped the patent Kirk smirk on his face, "That would be me why?" he almost purred and watched as the man blushed before handing him the file and a bag before stuttering instructions and pointed to the left where he would be assigned his room, roommate, uniform, and rules packet. Keeping in mind not to run he sauntered through the door making sure no one saw his wince but a Kirk never backed down from a challenge. News had spread like wildfire about who he was and how he got here by the time he had gotten checked out by a doctor, whose head still reeled from the amount of allergies he had, and he almost laughed when he realized the ensign at the gate had given him his contact info. Tossing his blood stained shirt but keeping the pants and its contents in the given bag he changed into the Cadet uniform and tugged at the high collar, moving into the next line he realized it was a sort of check point where multiple security officers were going through luggage and he smirked handing one his paper bag and watched their eyebrows shoot up when he told them that was it. The red headed officer smiled at the light banter he made as she went through the pockets of his pants and quirked an eyebrow at the command pin. "Was my dad's, keeping it for good luck you know? Remind me why I'm here." he rubbed the back of his neck and shot her a sheepish smile that had her blushing and cooing at him before handing him two swipe cards, a small packet of pamphlets, a map, and a cadet issued PADD. Winking at him subtly she took the PADD back and keyed her contact info into it, "You'll get your com unit down the line so if you need any help around or to find a good and quiet study places give me a ring." and with that she walked off. Smirking still Jim moved down the line and got his com unit, listened to a few female cadets whine about the color of the uniforms and com units, got another pack with his winter and fall uniforms as well as an extra pair of boots and a toiletry set at the commons before heading to his room in the freshmen hall.

Finding the room with cadets, parents, and luggage in the halls and lifts was harder than he had thought; finally he found the right floor and was insanely glad he didn't have any of his stuff. Swiping the card he was greeted with someone pushing, what he assumed was his bunk and set of drawers to the smallest part of the room. "Ummm excuse me?" he asked noticing the big man pick up a lamp and put it on the small end table leaving Jim only the bare minimum of room and furniture. "You must be Kirk." He turned and didn't offer his hand, "I've heard of you. Let's get some things straight pretty boy; I came here to actually work. Not to mess around because of who my daddy was got that?" he was poking the blond with two fingers on his shoulder rather hard making Jim take a step back. "Now wait a second you don't even know me." He stated glaring at him "I know all I need to by the fight you had in that bar with my brother." the man snarled managing to make Jim take a step back, "Name's Mike and I've already tried to change rooms but we're stuck together till the end of the year so don't get in my way and we'll get along fine." He turned away and pulled a roll of tape from his pocket and made a walkway from the door to the bathroom and back to Jim's small section of the room, turning around he grabbed him by the collar of his uniform and easily lifted Jim up a foot off of the ground, "Cross this for any reason except that I'm choking to death and the campus officers won't find you even with Admiral Archer's beagles." Dropping Kirk he turned to the only desk in the room and straitened some more of his stuff and ignored the stunned blond, swallowing he yet again he moved to place his small belongings away and moved to see how long the line was to make an outgoing call. The line was enormous! All of the cubes were taken and the time slots were filled till the next few days, sighing he rubbed his head till the sound of his com unit went off making him jump slightly at the new noise. Flipping it open he looked at it till he figured out how to answer, "Uh, yes?" he asked relaxing slightly when he heard Christopher Pike on the other side. "Good lord Kirk you sound like a kid on his first day of school. Going to bolt already?" he asked chuckling making Jim to straighten his spine, "Is this a courtesy call sire?" he asked slightly gritting his teeth but managed to sound like a third year cadet at attention. "At ease Kirk I was only teasing." His voice was softer almost making Jim want to through the damn communicator then the teasing had, "No I've appointed myself as your academic advisor. Meet me at my office as soon as you can. I'm sending the directions to your com unit. Pike out." and the link went dead till the screen flashed a light as it downloaded directions that lead him to a quieter building.

An elderly woman sat at a desk in front of an office. The salt and pepper haired woman smiled as he approached showing that she had kind hazel eyes, "Can I help you?" she asked taking her glasses off and gave Jim her undivided attention. "I-uh I'm here to see Captain Pike. Miss….?" He trailed off feeling like a four year old in front of her. "Foster dear, Mrs. Madeline Foster. Though if you're Jim Kirk then you can call me Maddy. All of Chris's students do. I'll let him know you're here." she smiled and pushed a button telling the Captain his appointment was here and showed him through. Pike was behind a desk looking through a PADD, looking up he smiled a bit "Come on in cadet." He waved to the chair in front of him as Maddy moved to the door and closed it. Jim sat down slowly letting the silence wash over him as he waited for Pike to finish with whatever he was reading, looking around the room he saw photos of cadets and crew as well as what looked like family members and friends but none of the captain when he was a cadet. Jim let the questions sit at the back of his mind when he felt the man's gaze on the back of his head. "So three years still the plan?" he asked a bit of humor coloring his voice and his lips twitched slightly when Jim nodded and smirked, "Yah… You worried I'll do it old man?" he teased lightly testing the waters of the verbal spar and relaxed marginally when the elder man smile at him. "Alright Kirk, I have appointed myself as your academic advisor for while you are here. What that means is that I help you pick the classes you need for whatever track you decide to fallow. It also means that once a week or more you will be in my office talking about everything and anything." He leaned forward and pegged Jim with a stern look, "It also means if you get in trouble you'll be sent here for disciplinary assignment. Let's not make that headache routine all right?" Jim straightened at that and nodded, he would try but didn't make any promises, "On another note it also means if you're having a problem or just want to talk my door is always open." Pike gave Jim a soft smile before relaxing in his own chair. "I appreciate the offer sir and though I make no promises with the headaches I will try and stay out of trouble as much as possible." he smirked making the other to snort and smile a real smile at Jim, "That's all I ask son. Dismissed cadet, I will expect to see you tomorrow at 0700 don't make me hunt you down."

Letting the door close behind him he looked at a smiling Maddy, "Is there anything you need Hun?" she asked looking over her glasses at him. "Well," he started scratching the back of his neck, "I do sort of need to call my brother but the public booths are all packed for the next three days." He blushed looking down at the ground feeling more like a boy asking for a cookie then a grown man asking to use the holovid. Smiling at him she tutted, "Of course you can use the vid Hun there is one around the corner. Let me show you where it is and give you the password." She patted his shoulder and walked him down the hall and to a secluded vid booth. After showing him how to get off of base she bid him good night and smiled before leaving the blond to stare at the send button on the vid screen. Taking a deep breath and squaring his shoulders he waited for someone to answer, his brother's face showed confusion and slight shock at his brother in a cadet uniform but waited in silence till Jim managed to tell the man what had happened. "Jim…. I've told you to start thinking before acting but I guess it is partially my fault too… I bailed on you with the rest of the work. I'll send you what you need as well as a bit more credits in the morning…. We'll…. Well I'll talk to you then alright?" he asked both ending up being rather tired after the short encounter. Jim nodded and told his sibling to have a restful night and to tell his nieces and sister in law that he loved them and would visit when he could. After a few minutes of staring at the black screen he rubbed his face and moved tiredly back to his room, his roommate was thankfully passed out and Jim got ready in silence before staring at the ceiling till sleep consumed him.

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