Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek in any way shape or form and make nothing from this.
A/N: Beta'd by drivven. Written because kianspo made the comment 'I need Cheerios.' and yeah Kirk is a dork and wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote this.
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"Captain. May I make a query about your current activity?" Spock asked while standing behind his very distracted captain.
"Inquire away... dammit... why in the hell isn't this fucking program working right?"
"Sir, you appear to be attempting to manipulate a photo of both you and I."
"Yup... attempting is the key word there... because I can't make it erase the damned backgrounds in these pictures... and fuck me sideways if I can get this damned program to work right," Kirk said through gritted teeth.
"May I ask why you are attempting to manipulate our photos?"
"Oh that's easy," Kirk said with a big grin as he turned to face his first officer. "See, a few years back we were a HUGE part of saving the Earth. You might remember the incident."
"How does that incident correlate with you manipulating our photo?" Spock asked with a raised brow.
"Back in the twenty and twenty-first century they put pictures of HEROES on the front a cereal boxes. Helped keep moral up and inspire kids... I think. It's been THREE years now and our faces have yet to appear on the front of a Cheerios box. Hell, not even Pike has made it to the front of a cereal box. So I am trying to put our photos on the front of a Banana Nut Cheerios box so they can see how perfect an opportunity they're missing out on."
"Does that product still exist?" Spock asked as he furrowed his brow.
"No... but I'm sure once they see this they will put it back into production. Now if that's all, I really need to get this finished so I can send it off to them," the blond said while turning back to his project
"Very well," Spock murmured as he exited the Captain's cabin. He couldn't find it within himself to burst the blond's dream of being on a Cheerios box. Perhaps he would persuade Dr. McCoy to explain to Jim that Cheerios had never put a face on their product. Rather it was a now non-existent Wheaties cereal that put professional athletes on their box.
~Fin~