Spock and Kirk have a kid. Spock carried it.
A little boy called Benjamin George. He is 5 years old in this.
Scotty walked into the room and took his seat at the transporter station, readying th4e coordinates for Jim and Spock's arrival on the planet Orion. There had been a drought that lasted 6 months, and the orions needed Starfleet to help them with dispatching rations of food and water, as their president had died of starvation a week prior. So who did Starfleet call on to do this job other than their poster boys (and husbands) James T Kirk and Spock of the starship enterprise? This meant that they had to leave the ship for 3 weeks to help with the relief, meaning leaving their five year old son, Benjamin George, behind on ship with Bones for 3 weeks. They had sat the little boy down and tried to explain it to him, but he just got upset every time and wouldn't stop crying. Jim had always had a soft spot for their son's puppy-dog face complete with Jim Kirk pout and pleading brown eyes. The captain had almost reconsidered the whole mission after seeing that adorable little face. But Spock had to teach his husband that being unaffected by that Kirk-pouty-face was something he would have to learn to do, as it would make refusing their child a bit easier.
Jim had just reminded the Vulcan that he himself hadn't managed to remain unaffected, in fact whenever Jim made the face he could get Spock to do anything he wanted. Actually it was because of this fact that Benny had been conceived in the first place. If Spock had relented and not let Jim top him without a condom, then the blonde boy may never have come into their lives. Although, if Jim and Spock had known that Vulcan males could have babies things might have gone a bit differently. All credit to the Vulcan historians who had kept that little gem of biological information to themselves.
So they had spent the last week trying to keep Benny in good spirits so when they had to leave for Orion he wouldn't get too upset. The replicators all over the ship had made so much chocolate pudding and banana milkshake and jelly worms, it was a wonder they were still functioning correctly. The day that uhura, Scotty, Chekov and sulu had given benny a chocolate pudding, through a little manipulation on the little one's part saying he hadn't had any all day, to all four of the officers involved, had been a hilarious but tiring day. The Vulcan genes in him had flipped out due to the chocolate overload and he's been racing round and round the bridge; unable to be caught by all of the bridge crew. It was embarrassing that they could save Earth yet couldn't find a rascal child hyped on sugar and chocolate. He had emerged down in med bay hiding in a cupboard with a lapful of jelly worms and chocolate smudged all over his face and hands.
After that incident the chocolate pudding had been taken off the Benny-bribery menu, to be replaced with fruit flavoured rocket ice lollies. They were a favourite of Jim's, and spock approved of them too because he knew they reminded his husband of when his older brother Sam would take him out to Iowa market on his motorbike to get away from their violent stepfather, and they would always get ice lollies and eat them in the corn-fields on the way back to the house. No one else knew this snippet of information and Spock never spoke of it to anyone when asked about the reason he was fine with the sugary iced treats Jim ate.
But the day had finally come that Jim and Spock were leaving the ship, and their plan to keep him happy hadn't succeeded. It was written on the calendar in their room, and Benny had seen it and leapt into bed with them, already teary-eyed and it hadn't even been 6am. They had kept him calm and gotten him out of his blue star-covered onesie pyjamas and into a pair of denim dungarees, apparently his red wellingtons were the shoe choice of the day. The captain and first officer went with this fashion choice as they wanted to keep Benny smiling rather than bringing on another bout of tears. They ate their breakfast (Jim eating toast with blackcurrant jam, Spock dry crackers with a small amount of plomeek soup, and Benny a big bowl of cornflakes covered in sugar) in relative silence, both men watching their son carefully, expecting another outburst from the little blonde, and the mission details swirling in the back of their minds. They walked with Benny in between them, holding both their hands, towards the transporter room.
As soon as the reached the room Benny knew what was going to imminently happen; his daddies were leaving for a long time. Tiny hands with unexpected strength dragged Spock and jim to their knees so they were on his level. The patented lip-quiver started and in a matter of seconds the little boy was wailing into Jim's shoulder, having staggered forwards and into his arms, fat tears falling from his brown eyes down his small rosy cheeks. Spock wrapped his long arms around them both with his head bowed.
"Daddy, father, why you have to go away? I don't wanna be here without you. Please don't leave me. I'll be good. I'll eat my spaghetti-os and my broccoli when you ask. Was I bad? Are you leaving me because I was bad?" The blonde child asked in the smallest most pitiful voice Jim and Spock had ever heard him use. Jim tilted Benny's head up, watching as their son wiped at his eyes with pink little fists, sniffling and looking worried that he had been naughty.
"Oh honey no; you haven't been bad, not at all! We have to go away for a little while because our boss has given us a job to do. We don't want to leave you, Ben, honestly. But we'll be back before you know it, promise. Do I get a goodbye kiss from my favourite little guy, huh?" Jim tried to diffuse the toddler-rage he had been fighting against ever since his son had learnt to talk. He watched Benny deliberate on his answer, feeling Spock stroking the little one's denim-covered back lightly with a pale hand. After a few moments Benny was nodding and a ghost of a smile played across his lips. He leaned forwards and placed a wet kiss on Jim's lips, then turned in the captain's arms and moved to kiss Spock's lips too.
"Benjamin?" spock said in a soft voice, lifting the child from Jim's arms and into his own, smiling infinitesimally at his mate as Jim ran his hands up and down spock's ribs, not breaking the circle they'd created around their son. Benny snuggled into Spock's warm neck and reluctantly pulled away to lock gazes with his father.
"Yes father?" Benny replied after a moment, letting Jim wipe a tissue from his pocket under his eyes and over his button nose to clean his face up a bit. Spock hefted him onto his left hip easily, wiggling the child a little earning him a giggle. He lifted a warm hand and pushed a blonde tendril behind Benny's pointed ear before looking at his son fully.
"You have to be a grown up boy for the time your daddy and I are away. You know that we care for you very much, and every minute we are away we will miss you. But you have to be good for doctor McCoy, and he will look after you and keep you safe when we cannot be here to do so. Alright? Can you promise us you will behave, Benjamin?" Spock tried to use a professor voice to talk to him, but a softer version.
"I pwomise. And I wasn't bad and you aren't mad at me for anythin'?" Benny asked turning his head to look at Jim and then back at Spock. Both men shook their head, before hugging him tightly between them as Scotty made his way over to let them know the transporter was fired up and ready.
"Okay, buddy. We've got to go now. But we'll be back soon. You be a good boy and don't get into too much trouble. We love you Benny. We'll bring you something back. Doctor McCoy knows where everything is so you just be the perfect little boy you are for him, don't eat too many jelly worms, and look out for the crew for us? Make sure Chekov and sulu and the doc' don't get into any trouble. See you soon, baby." Jim cooed to the blonde between them. With a kiss from each of the fathers placed on Benny's forehead they set him down on the ground.
McCoy came over and crouched down beside him, lifting him into his arms as new tears appeared in his eyes.
"Doctor McCoy, there is no way we can adequately thank you for looking after Benny while we are away. Jim and I really appreciate it. you are aware of all the things he will need in our absence, his clothes, shoes, food supplies, toys, games?" the Vulcan asked, taking his place next to Jim on the transporter platform.
The Georgian doctor nodded and smiled. Jim looked at his best friend and grinned, trying to convey his gratitude.
"Yeah, Spock. I know where everythin' is that your little one needs. I've babysat him enough times after all. You're welcome; of course I'd be happy to look after him. What kind of godfather slash uncle would I be if I didn't? we'll be okay, won't we darlin'?" bones asked, ruffling Benny's hair and smiling at him. The little nod and smile he got made him chuckle lightly.
"Seriously though, Bones; thanks so much. I know you'll take good care of our little prince. We'll try and call at some point to update you on the goings on down there. Be back soon." Jim said in a choked voice. Even Spock looked a little affected at having to leave their little boy behind. All the missions previous to this one had one of them remain on ship to look after Benny, so this one had come as a shock.
Jim lifted a hand and waved at Benny, Spock lifted his own hand in the Vulcan greeting and both men nodded to Scotty. He beamed them down and Benny's smile slipped off his face, and his waving hand fell at his side once his daddies had disappeared.