A small warning before we begin... this is slash. Spork some other pairings.

Summary: "If it proves so, then loving goes by haps. Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps." A strange person appears on the Enterprise but comes with an even stranger mission. To spead the love or so he says. And why does Jim have this odd feeling Spock Prime is to blame.

"Captain, we have apprehended an unknown person the ship and we're putting her in the brig but you might want to see this."

"Might want to see what, cupcake? Is something wrong?"

"My name is not cupcake it's..."

"Cupcake, I thought this was emergency let's not waste time arguing."

"Yes, captain we're in the brig."

"Kirk out."

Kirk smiled, it had been a while since anything interesting had happened aboard the Enterprise and he was looking forward to meeting their unusual guest.

"Spock you have the conn." He commanded before walking out of the room.

"Captain, if I may speak freely."

"Shoot, Spock."

A delicate eyebrow raised at the captain's words, "Is it safe for you to go alone? I find it illogical that a captain should visit a fugitive because they are simply interested."

Jim gave Spock a look, "Cupcake didn't sound worried."

"Regardless of his tone of voice," continued Spock ignoring the nickname, "you might be heading straight for a trap."

"Okay, okay you can come just stop nagging."

"Nagging, sir?" Another eyebrow rose.

"Yes nagging Mr. Spock. Sulu you have the conn." he said with a wink

When Jim and Spock reached the brig they realized they were not walking into a trap... probably. They were walking into one of the security officers seemingly getting advice from a little girl who seemed to have just hit her teens.

"... Look, I know you've probably heard this a million times before but the most important thing is to be honest to yourself and to her."

The officer smiled, "Thanks Charlie, you've been a great help!"

"Cupcake, this is who you wanted me to see?"

"Yes, captain."

Spock just stood in awe as the girl beckoned forward another guard, who was a least 2 feet taller and wider that her, and sat him down outside her cell and listened to his problems offering advice and support. She seemed to understand everybody's issues and deal with them in a friendly and helpful manner.

It was... fascinating.

Spock turned to Jim, "This girl intrigues me, how is it she can empathise with even the most ridiculous of problems."

"Spock will you stop admiring her and help me question her?"

"Yes Captain."

"Open the cell, cupcake."

The head of security scowled "I've told it's not cupcake it's..."

"This conversation is wasting valuable time." Jim scolded.

Jim watched as the man opened the cell muttering about green-blooded hobgoblins, he'd obviously been talking with Bones. He looked down at the small girl now giving her his undivided attention which to be honest was not that much.

"Look... Charlie was it?"

"Yep!" she answered brightly.

"Well I don't think that a little girl like you should be on a spaceship."

"I'm a boy."

This threw him; how was someone as cute as this child, whose skirt had now been properly assessed as shorts, possibly be a boy.

"Sorry."

"It's okay I get it a lot."

Spock cut in, "I am curious as to how you got onto the Enterprise mid warp."

"That is a question for another day, Spock."

"True, we really have to get on."

Jim sighed, "You two have you finished, can we move on?"

"Of course, captain."

"State your name, age, planet of origin and purpose."

"Charlie, physical age: 14, actual age: 998, Metallurgis 5, purpose...um, I would say to spread the love."

Cupcake stormed into the room, "Look kid, we don't have time for your bad jokes, spreading the love my ass."

"Is your name just Charlie or do you have a last name?" asked Jim remembering his first encounter with Uhura.

Spock resisted the urge to facepalm, "Captain..., Cupcake, you seem to be missing the point. Do either of you recognize the planet?"

Charlie sighed, "You wouldn't I'm the last of my species, my planet is now derelict. We were hit by an unknown virus that stopped us than growing any older than a teenage human. Then we started to die of old age, our immortal race that had been around for eons, perishing in the blink of an eye. Our best doctors discovered our anatomies were now just like a human's apart from our fatal teenage flaw. This allowed us to experience emotions as we never had before but ultimately led to our demise. Our eternal life stripped from us we could no longer last."

Jim looked sympathetically as the teenager's eyes welled up with tears, "Why are you here?"

Charlie burst into tears, "I don't know, I don't want to be! I'd give anything for my people back and it hurts so much that I can't do anything no matter how hard I beg and pray, there is nothing I can do."

Jim pulled the boy into a hug, "It's going to be okay."

Smiling Charlie wiped his tears away, "I know because this is my mission."

"Mission?"

"Not one of my people died alone, they all died with somebody they cared about,well... everyone but me. It's not that I didn't have anyone but we all knew somebody was going to die or live alone, I volunteered. I would like to say I did it because I couldn't bear to see anybody else be alone on their death bed but I didn't. I did because I was scared of dying and there was a small chance that I would live."

Charlie shook the bad thoughts from his head, "I really just want to do is help people find their true love, because I know from experience that being alone hurts a hell of a lot more than heartbreak ever could. One of my mottos is 'It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.' And I stand by that."

Spock stepped, "If I may intervene, could I ask why the Enterprise?"

"I met a man when I visited Earth who claimed to have known me and had found his destined one, his T'hy'la I think he said then he sent me to this ship, saying I would know what to do when I got here."

Jim couldn't help but ask, "Do you?"

"Yes, I do."

"How can we be sure?"

Charlie pointed at Jim, "You never believed in true love, still don't to a certain extent. You've never truly fallen in love so you're sceptical, but I know you're wondering what's it's like and wondering whether what you are feeling for a certain crew member is love or just lust." Smiling he continued, "It's love of the strongest kind, Jim remember that always."

"Spock, your with someone but you don't love them and they don't look you, that ring you wear on your little finger shows it."

Everybody looked at Spock's finger to see this ring.

"You don't wear it on your hand if you don't have to because the indentation is not deep, you say it is because you are uncomfortable with things touching you, your hands in particular. That is true but it's because you don't want to wear the ring just in case the one you really loves sees it, and you'll never confess to this person because they're a skirt chasing, unobservant retard..."

"Stop!" shouted Spock all sorts of emotions pouring through, he paused regaining himself, "I'm sorry for my behaviour. May I be dismissed, Cap...Jim?"

"Request granted I'll see you later for our chess match."

"I don't think I can make it today, my apologies."

On that note Spock turned and left the brig, Jim turned angrily to Charlie. "How dare you!"

Charlie smiled, a small sad smile and said, "Cupcake could you leave for a while".

He turned to leave only to realize he was following the orders of a 14 year old looking boy- girl. "Captain, May I be dismissed?"

Jim looked up," Sure you can Cupcake!"

Scowling he left leaving only Charlie and Jim alone in the room together.

"Captain, do you remember how you got an emotional response from Spock?"

"Yeah I talked about his mother."

"True, I also talked about somebody that also means a lot to Spock."

"You insulted them?"

"Jim grow a brain, you were there did it sound like I insulted them?" Charlie sighed, "For a genius you really can be a dumbass sometimes! Look I can't tell you straight out because you'll probably do something stupid but Spock cares about this person a lot more than is logical and to be honest it scares him."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I have friends in high places?"

Jim sighed, "Charlie... is that your real name?"

The boy looked at him panicked, "How...?"

Smiling softly Jim sat next Charlie, "It's okay you can tell me anything."

Charlie looked up at Jim, "He said I would love you."

"Who said?"

The 14 year old looked dazed, "He looked just like Spock, but older, he'd said he'd remembered me... that he met me when I was older and that I helped him."

"Helped him?"

"Yeah and now I understand why."

"Good! I guess..."

Charlie smiled standing up, "If it proves so, then loving goes by haps. Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."

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