12/21/10
Chapter 11
"He's not going to go crazy and start talking about ants again, is he?" Lightning Lad asked, only half-jokingly.
"Lightning Lad," Brainy nearly growled, turning towards him. Though the spores were gone from his hands and face, his heart was still pounding violently. It felt like his blood was beginning to boil. He felt so hot, his mind starting to go fuzzy; he wanted to-
Spock approached him and put his hands on his shoulders – and it was like being wrapped in a blanket of calm. As Brainy's mind cleared a little, he realized Spock must have been using his touch telepathy on him, but that meant Spock was feeling what he had felt.
"Spock-"
"Listen to me, Brainiac Five," Spock cut Brainy short, locking his eyes onto his and holding his gaze. "That plant's spores have a most vile affect on humanoids. It makes their blood boil until they lose control, and they will mate with anyone for release."
Brainy swallowed, his heart quickening again.
"So… Brainy is going to get laid?" Lightning Lad laughed in a nervous fashion.
The rest of the room ignored him.
"I can help you," Spock continued. "With meditation we shall subdue the chemical reaction happening within you. A mind meld-"
"Would only make this affect you as it is affecting me," Brainy stated: even now he could feel the heat beneath his skin fighting against the cool comfort Spock sought to give him. "I believe it is best that I deal with this on my own."
"Brainiac Five-"
"It is not very logical to put yourself at risk for something that will not harm me."
"I believe you would disagree if you ended up mating with someone due to this chemical induced urge and your biology kicked in."
"His what?"
Brainy snapped. "Keep out of it, Lightning Lad, or so help me I'll-"
"Staying out of it!"
Brainy panted, trying to regain control of himself. Spock's touch was like melted ice dripping off of him now. While pleasant, it did nothing to keep down the burning anymore. He looked up at the Vulcan.
Spock really was a handsome man. His eyes were gorgeously deep and he had to admit a fascination with his exquisite ears.
Those very ears turned a soft shade of green.
"Brainiac Five."
Brainy pushed Spock away, feeling his face heat up, though not due to the spores' effect on him. He had forgotten, only briefly, that Spock could sense what he was feeling through where they were touching.
"I'll handle this myself."
"At least allow me to get you back to your room without incident," Spock tried to take hold of his shoulders again.
Brainy pulled back.
"You had a look into my mind Spock; you know that is not a good idea."
For a moment, Spock was silent, but he leaned forward and spoke softly so only the Coluan could hear. "You are my friend, Querl; I would not take advantage of you."
With some effort, Brainy managed a small smile. "I know… but I might."
Once he was walking down the halls away from Spock, Brainy felt a little calmer. His blood was still boiling, but he could think. It was possibly one of the few times in his life he regretted that he could think. His mind went straight to what could go wrong.
What if he was wrong to refuse Spock's offer? What if he did go mad with lust and attack the nearest crew member or, worse, a fellow Legionnaire? What if he ended up having sex with him and bonded to them? The potential of it being a Starfleet officer was great and posed variety of problems. The most contradictory of those possible problems being that he would be very unlikely to see them again.
But what if it was a Legionnaire? A person he saw nearly every day?
His thoughts bolted to Superman and Brainy had to lean against the wall for support.
Superman.
God, he should have considered that possibility sooner. If he saw the Kryptonian, he doubted he could make it to his room, to any room for that matter, in this condition. He already wanted the past hero as it was; wanted to kiss him, touch him. Wanted to-
No! He could not let his thoughts go that way! He had to get to his room, lock himself in and pray that he could deal with his on his own.
The support of the wall was harder to leave than Brainy would have imagined. He tried to keep his gaze on the ground, not looking at any of the ship's crew that he knew to be looking at him. This resulted in him knocking into someone very solid and warm but pleasantly cool in comparison to how he felt. Brainy almost leaned against them but looked up when they touched his arms.
"Hey Brainy, I know you can barely keep your hands off me with that Coluan control of yours, but try not to break my ribcage,"
James freaking Kirk smiled at him.
"Why are you in such a big rush, anyway?"
Brainy looked at those bright blue eyes, that charming smile, and felt something within him snap. "Damn you, Kirk."
Not waiting for a reply, Brainy pulled Jim down and kissed him.
Hard.
