Title: The Road to Delta Vega is Paved with Good Intentions
Series: Trek Pod
Sub-series: You Don't Have To Be My Boyfriend
Pairings: K/S
Summary: Jim and Spock are already together, despite a few little hiccups, before they encountered a certain psychotic Romulan. Then how exactly did Jim still end up marooned on Delta Vega with a much older alternate version of his boyfriend? That's a funny and complicated story.
Inspired by: 99 Problems by Jay-Z
I suggest listening to the song (preferably the clean version) because I use the overall theme and the storytelling style but not specific lyrics.
"If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one"
"Foes that wanna make sure my casket's closed"
There will be other songs used later for this section.
Thank you to everybody who read or reviewed the last section of Ms. Brightside. For this story/section, I suggest rewatching the film. I'm going to be doing a few scene rewrites but most of it will be insertion scenes. Anything that conflicts with canon, go with my interpretation.
Warning: Character Death but not Amanda. You may want to throw cyber tomatoes at me after this chapter, but that is perfectly OK. This death is important to the plot later on.
Part one: I got 99 Problems, but Spock is Not One
The first thing Jim realized when he woke up was he was not waking up next to his boyfriend in the comfort of their bed. He also couldn't smell the non replicated breakfast that Amanda said she would make Tuesday to celebrate their victory over that ass that was trying to derail his and Spock's Starfleet career.
Actually, Jim wasn't waking up in a bed at all. It felt more like a chair from a ship than an actual bed. Maybe he finally talked Spock into having sex in the simulation lab. He was getting really good at talking Spock into doing stuff. His mind was just clear enough for him to realize he didn't feel his usual soreness after extreme sex. All activities with Spock were extreme. Jim loved it.
His mind felt cloudy like he was just coming off of something. Jim assumed he had been drugged again. It felt like the same sedative that his so-called friend gave him once they were in the medical bay of the Enterprise earlier after the stunt with the vaccine. He shouldn't be surprise, Jim is convinced that Bones gets off on shooting him up with stuff.
At this point, Jim was expecting to wake up in sickbay again. As he opened his eyes, he became aware that he was in what appeared to be an actual escape pod. If it wasn't for the cold he was feeling, he would assume that he decided to take a quick nap in the most inappropriate place possible due to the sedative. It wouldn't be the first time.
The last thing Jim remembered clearly was getting into a fight with Spock on the bridge. It wasn't really a fight more like one of their loud disagreements. His boyfriend was going into over logic mode and was completely freaking out about his mom being in danger once they realize the next target for the big ship from the future was most likely earth.
Of course, Spock being Spock no one else but he and maybe Nyota saw this. Jim knew Spock and was more aware than anybody else that his lover was falling apart. Every time he touched Spock, he felt his pain. Actually sometimes Jim felt the pain without physical contact. As crazy as it sounded, it felt like he was in Spock's mind because he felt everything. Jim didn't really understand what was going on. Jim didn't have time to understand.
89 minutes earlier his Spock watched his entire planet be destroyed by some unbalanced Romulan who most likely came from the future, as crazy as it sounded. Jim held Spock's hand, not caring who saw during the chaos. Jim actually felt everything going on in those horrible minutes as if he was experiencing Spock's emotions first hand. Not that Spock really had time to comprehend the actual destruction; he was too busy dealing with his own personal tragedy.
The minutes after they realized that whatever was happening on Vulcan was a deadly trap, were unbelievably chaotic and hard to remember under the fog of whatever drugs were running through Jim's system. Jim remembers space jumping down to the planet as Pike traveled to the other ship to essentially become a prisoner of war, even though Spock wasn't very happy about it. He also remembered sincerely regretting letting the guy in the red outfit keep all the charges. Apparently, the guy was too stupid to pull his parachute on time. Thanks to his stupidity, they didn't have the charges which meant it took a lot longer to deactivate whatever was preventing them from beaming in and out. Of course, they had to battle blood thirsty Romulans that wanted to kill them before they could do anything.
Maybe if he was faster or did something different his boyfriend's planet would still be there. Instead, his lover no longer had a home and was now a member of an endangered species. Spock was now only one of the 78,320 Vulcans that were saved from the planet before implosion. The only good thing that Kirk was able to do was convince Spock to start the evacuations as soon as possible before they knew about the singularity.
Okay maybe saving Sulu from dying was another good thing. That didn't make his boyfriend hurt less, so it didn't count.
Jim wishes he didn't try to talk Spock out of beaming back down to the planet to save the Elders. Maybe if he just let Spock go without intervening, things would have turned out differently. Jim understood why Spock risked his life to save his father. Despite being in pain from his injuries from the fight on the drill, Jim knew that the stuff about saving the council Elders was a complete lie. Even with their problematic relationship, Spock was going down there to save his father despite how illogical it was.
Yet the one thing Spock wanted to do was the one thing he couldn't. Regardless of being absolutely terrified for his boyfriend, Jim remembered the Russian kid with the unique accent muttering something about losing someone. Apparently, that person was Spock's father.
Spock looks so broken on the transporter pad for a split second as he realized that his father was not there. He looks so devastated that Jim went to him in spite of the fact that everyone was watching.
Jim understood what Spock was going through even without actually feeling his supposedly nonexistent emotions. Jim's relationship with his mom was problematic for dozens of reasons. She was not around much when he was a child. During the time she actually was in Iowa, she became Frank's punching bag just like him. She didn't get the courage to leave until after the car incident and Sam running away, never to return. The divorce was not enough to keep Frank away. That's the real reason why his mom dragged him on so many cultural exchanges and off planet jobs. She was running away from Frank.
When Jim was in college, she went back to him. Frank told her he changed. He told her he was clean and still loved her. Jim knew he was lying to her. Like a fool, she went back to him no matter what Jim did to stop it from happening. When Jim went to visit his mom during junior year, he noticed the bruises. He tried to get her into a shelter or off planet. She wouldn't leave this time. 13 months later, she was dead at Frank's hands.
He felt so guilty because he couldn't save her. The guilt was the worst part. Jim lost himself the year after her death in alcohol and bar fights. Jim wondered if Spock was feeling that same guilt now. Was Spock blaming himself for Sarek's death? Jim was blaming himself, anyway.
Jim could feel that same sadness again coming from Spock even if his boyfriend would not talk about it. That shouldn't surprise Jim. Spock was not the type of person to share. He's known Spock long enough to know his boyfriend is not going to cry or show any emotions at all. Maybe that was why it took almost eight months for the two to realize that they were in love with each other.
On the outside, Spock lost himself in the mission. Spock made sure everybody was seen by the medical staff including Jim. Jim personally would have preferred to stay with Spock as he entered this tragedy in his acting captain's log. Unfortunately, Jim was unable to fight both Spock and Bones on the matter. Spock filled out the necessary reports as if his father didn't die less than an hour earlier in an act of genocide. Jim was so worried about this complete detachment that he actually asked Nyota to talk to Spock.
Any good that conversation did was completely undone once Spock realized that Nero was on course for the planet where his mother currently resided. She was the only parent that Spock still had. Spock was retreating more into himself by the minute. He acted as if he was perfectly OK as they discussed how to deal with the psychopath responsible for the murders of both their fathers and the majority of the Vulcan population.
Jim remembered trying to talk Spock into going after the guy immediately. Spock didn't want to. As Jim was arguing the merits of not meeting up with the rest of the fleet, his wonderful boyfriend decided it was time to convince Jim to rest in front of the entire bridge crew.
Jim blames Dr. McCoy for that conversation. He must have told Spock about the severe allergic reaction Jim had earlier and how hurt Jim really was after the fight on the drilled. Okay now Jim remembers why he's currently so groggy. His loving boyfriend gave him a sedative/pain reliever or rather allowed the good doctor to do it. They were definitely talking about that as soon as he got out of here, wherever the hell this was.
The answers to some of his questions came from a recorded voice that sounded a lot like a certain closet case former lover. Jim would recognize Cupcake's voice anywhere. The only reason why Cupcake was on Enterprise was because Spock couldn't come up with a justifiable reason to kick the guy off. Spock had a good reason now.
"If you're hearing this message that means you have regained consciousness after your boyfriend drugged you because you were driving him crazy. Also, if you're hearing this message you didn't die an impact when you crash landed on that ice ball. Instead of following acting Captain Spock's instructions to take you to sickbay, I decided to get a little revenge for not getting laid for the last 2 ½ years. You're an ass hole for your stunt with the STI notification." Jim knew that little stunt was going to come back to bite him on the ass eventually. He just didn't think it would involve freezing said ass off on the real life version of the ice planet from one of his favorite old films.
"Maybe while you're stuck waiting for someone from the Delta Vega outpost to save you, I'll see if your boyfriend is up for a quickie for old time's sake. I guess you now know that Vulcans have no gag reflex." Cupcake said mockingly before he was replaced with the voice of a nice lady telling Jim to wait for help to arrive.
"I'm so going to kick his ass when I get back to the ship." Jim mumbled to himself as he opened the door to the pod. Jim's next thought was he was happy someone had had the foresight to put a coat in the escape pod. Now in something warmer, Jim started to scale the ice wall as he fantasized about killing Cupcake and punishing Spock for the sedative thing by having fun with that lack of gag reflex. Maybe handcuffs could be involved.
67 hours earlier
Saturday 8:23 PM Earth Pacific standard time
Jim's breathing was just starting to return to normal after the earth shattering orgasm he just experienced about 10 minutes earlier. True to Spock's words from earlier in the morning, they did give Jim's dorm room a very proper farewell. Jim's desk even got some action. Unfortunately, Spock actually forced them to pack everything up first before they started on more pleasant activities.
He still could not believe that Spock actually reprogrammed the Kobayashi Maru so it was no longer completely unwinnable. Of course, in true Spock fashion it was still nearly unbeatable. Statistically speaking the students of Starfleet academy have a better chance of winning the Federation lottery then beating the Kobayashi Maru. Of course, thanks to his supremely awesome skills Jim was able to beat Spock's test. He is absolutely awesome and was rewarded with lots of orgasms. He actually got to top for the first round.
Yet Jim couldn't really celebrate beating the new version of the test because he was worried sort of, not that he worries. Given Spock's tendency to be extremely jealous, he really shouldn't be surprised that Andrew Johnson ended up on the floor. The guy was a manipulative bastard. He did everything in this power to hurt people and got away with it because his uncle was an admiral. There is nothing like good old nepotism to screw everything up.
"I think we need to leave now." Jim heard Spock's voice from the adjoining bathroom breaking him out of his musings. Maybe it was the feel of a washcloth against his backside a few moments later that brought him back down to earth.
"What?" Jim said in a dazed voice as Spock continued to clean off the signs of their earlier activities. Moments like these made Jim grateful that he had a private bathroom.
"Sorry, I misjudged. I thought you had already regained cognitive function after our last round of sexual activities. I must adjust my calculations in the future." That remark was so adorable that Jim just had to give Spock a tiny little kiss on the lips.
"I'm fine. I'm just thinking. I wonder what Johnson is going to do to you." The thought has been on Jim's mind since a member of Starfleet security told him exactly what his boyfriend did to Professor Johnson.
"Worrying is illogical. According to Starfleet guidelines, my actions would most likely result in me spending time with one of the many psychologists at Starfleet." Of course, Spock said this with a tiny shiver that only Jim could pick up on.
"Why do I have a feeling you find that punishment worse than spending time in the brig?" Just as Jim asked this question, he heard a knock at the door. Jim had no idea who it could be. Most of his friends had the good sense to call now because Jim rarely spends time in this little space. Due to his state of near undress, Jim was perfectly fine with ignoring the door. Spock was not okay with that because of the constant knocking.
"This better be important." Jim mumbled to himself as he quickly threw on a shirt and put his pants back on. "If this is Bones checking up on me, I'm going to kill him."
"Sorry, I'm not your doctor friend." The speaker of the words was Captain Christopher Pike.
"Captain, what are you doing here?" Spock asked as he pulled the sheets off Jim's way too small dorm room bed.
"At lease I now know why you haven't answered your com for the last hour. After what I heard, I should've known you would be here." Pike said dryly. Jim was pretty sure that Pike knew that they were just having sex for the last two hours.
"Not that I don't enjoy the visit Captain Pike, but usually it's me who visits you." Jim said not embarrassed at all.
"Yes, but you usually have the good sense to keep out of this much trouble. I really thought you were doing better. You even stop sleeping around with half the student population, but I guess I now know the real reason for that." Jim really wasn't sure what Captain Pike was referring to.
"Wait, what exactly are you talking about? I have been a good boy this year." Jim said giving Pike a very innocent smile. He seriously doubted the man knew about his unsuccessful attempt to reprogram the Kobayashi Maru.
"The Admiralty doesn't see seducing a professor and manipulating him into letting you cheat on a test as being a good boy." Jim's mouth fell on the floor in shock at Pike's statement.
"What are you talking about?" That's when Pike told him and Spock everything he heard during the hour-long meeting about today's incident. Essentially several members of the Admiralty who hated Jim decided to use the incident to kick him out of Starfleet. The Admiralty were charging him with engaging in a sexual relationship with an instructor, exchanging sexual favors for improvements in his performance, illegal use of Starfleet computers, malicious programming, breaching the Starfleet Computer System, and academic dishonesty. The charges against Spock were just as ludicrous except he had the additional charge of assault. Jim knew Johnson was behind it.
"You have to be kidding me." Jim said looking directly at Captain Pike. "Anybody can tell that these charges are completely untrue. I did not cheat on that test. I won because Spock reprogrammed it for everyone. I did not ask him to change the parameters of the test even though I felt the original conditions were completely unfair."
"Jim never asked such a thing. It was my decision to change the exam."
"Not even a casual conversation?" Pike asked Jim.
"A few months ago we did have a very spirited debate over the merits of having students deal with a simulation that no one could pass." Jim said quietly.
"The purpose of the test was to see how students perform in a situation without a solution. However, no situation in the field is absolutely hopeless. In the real world, absolutes do not exist. Therefore, students should not have to deal with an exam that deals with absolutes. James made me see this point. Therefore, I felt for the sake of making the simulation more real it was best to modify the test."
"Did you actually tell anybody about your decision to modify the test?" Pike directed his question at Spock this time.
"I asked permission from the Admiralty two weeks ago. I received my reply Thursday. That is why Friday I had my assistant employed the new program that I have been working on for the last few weeks."
Fortunately, Spock left out the other reason why he decided to employ the new program Friday. It probably wouldn't help Jim's case if anyone else found out he was planning to reprogram the test himself without permission. So caught up in his own musings, he barely caught Pike's perplexed expression.
"You asked for permission. Did the Admiralty actually okay the changes?" Pike asked Spock.
"Of course they did. That is why I find it so illogical that they are now saying that I enabled Jim to cheat on the test by doing something they gave me permission to do." As Spock continued to speak, Jim picked up on the fact that he was getting angrier by the second.
"Do you have proof?" Pike asked Spock.
"Yes, of course. Would you like me to send these files to your PADD?" Spock said grabbing his PADD from Jim's soon to be former desk.
"That would be good." Pike said before becoming quiet for a moment.
"Look you guys, I already realized this was a setup before I spoke to you. Now I am sure of it. I think even Barnett realized it was a setup from the moment Admiral Johnson and Admiral Komack started pushing for you and Jim to face the entire panel of Admirals in a open hearing in front of the entire student body."
"Komack wants my head on a platter. What's new?"
"Essentially, yes. Fortunately, Barnett was able to utilize a clause in the student code of conduct that requires all hearings involving possible sexual misconduct to occur behind closed doors with a panel of three. The only thing he couldn't do was get Admiral Johnson off the panel despite the conflict of interest."
"Why is that?" Spock asked.
"His wife is an aid of a member of the Federation council. Admiral Johnson has friends in very high places."
"Great, they're trying to kick both of us out of Starfleet. Good luck with that. Because there's no way in hell I am going to let them do this to Spock and me without putting up a fight."
"I knew you would fight this. The two of you really love each other?" The captain asked him and Spock.
"Yes," they both answered simultaneously.
"That's good to know. If you and Jim manage to survive Monday's hearing, I will send you two the paperwork for shared quarters on Enterprise." Pike said with a genuine smile.
"Wait, I'm on Enterprise?"
"You didn't tell him?" Pike asked Spock.
"That would be improper. It is a direct violation of Starfleet code 6.3.9a to reveal to a cadet their assignment before graduation."
"This is why I know all the charges are fraudulent or exaggerated." Pike said as he walked out the door.
"I don't know what's more insulting that they think I am only sleeping with you so I can beat that stupid test or they think my only skill of value is sucking cock. They think I'm some cheap slut who uses his dick to get whatever he wants." Jim said in irritation as he put his shoes on.
"I seriously doubt all of them believe that. You're anything but easy my love." Spock said as he walked over to give Jim another kiss on the lips.
"You know exactly how to make a guy feel better. Before I met you, I think I would have done it that way. I probably would have used sex to trick Gaila into doing exactly what I wanted her to do. I thought about doing it any way."
"But you did not." Spock said as he wrapped his hand around Jim's hand. Jim now knew Spock was really kissing him with this gesture.
"I couldn't. It felt wrong. See you are a good influence on me." Jim said as he gave Spock a very long lingering kiss the human way.
The present
"Star date 2258 point something something something." Jim said into the voice recognition program on his digital device after climbing out of the ice cavern created by the impact of the pod. Now Jim was really happy he took that rock climbing class last summer just so he could get a date with the instructor. Those lessons came in handy today.
"I am currently making my way to the Delta Vega out post after being illegally marooned on this damn ice planet thanks to some ass I had the misfortune of sleeping with. Actually Spock also had the misfortune of sleeping with him." Jim thought better of that last statement and decided to delete it later. He also hoped the program had a profanity filter.
"Due to Captain Spock being an overprotective bastard who can't even express his emotions to his own boyfriend and his decision to drug me so I would cooperate, Cupcake was able to throw me into an escape pod against my will. My only hope is that Cupcake will be incarcerated and my boyfriend despite being in the middle of a nervous breakdown will eventually regain his senses and realize that meeting up with the rest of the fleet is a bad idea." Just as Jim said the last word into the dictation program, he heard loud noises coming from behind him. The creature looked grey and fuzzy with really big teeth. The logical course was to run like hell. Contrary to what Spock believes, he can be logical when the situation calls for it.
"Stupid boyfriend," Jim mumbled to himself as he tried to outrun whatever the hell that thing was.
65.92 hours earlier.
One of the best advantages of having a Vulcan boyfriend was the super strength. That came in handy when you were trying to move everything into your new shared apartment quickly. The idea of living with Spock made Jim very happy, despite the heavy lifting.
Jim quickly entered in the access code before entering into the apartment with Spock. As soon as the door was open, Jim could tell something was off. First, Jim swore he could smell cookies baking. He also heard the crazy Vulcan music that Spock listens to during meditation. Finally, before Jim could put down his suitcase Jim felt himself being hugged by some strange woman he never met before who had the same eyes as his boyfriend. How did she even get in the apartment?
"James, it's so good to finally meet you. Spock talks about you all the time. I'm so glad that you two are finely together. You are finally together right?" The woman said excitedly after she finally let go.
"Yes we are as they would say on earth 'together'. Mother, what are you doing here?" Of course, he should have recognized her from Spock's photographs and from the few times that they spoke over the communicator. She looked different in person. Maybe that was because her head was not covered right now and she was actually smiling. She must have really missed her son.
"I have a couple of meetings in San Francisco that I have to attend next week. You know I cannot visit earth without seeing my son." Spock was giving his mom the same look he gave Jim when he knew that he was lying. When he is not on the receiving end, it is kind of funny.
"You said nothing of this yesterday when I called you." Spock said calling his mother's deception as diplomatically as possible.
"It was a last minute thing. I knew nothing about it until I spoke with your father after your call. I thought you would be happy."
"Happiness is an emotion. However, I am pleased to see you mother." Spock said in his usual tone of voice.
"You sure didn't have any trouble expressing happiness last night or about two hours ago." Jim mumbled under his breath. Spock gave him a death glare for that comment. Jim seriously doubted Dr. Grayson was under the delusion that her son was a virgin.
"I assume you'll be staying at the embassy mother."
"Actually would you mind if I stayed here?" Okay, Jim did not like that. First, he was already terrified about meeting Spock's mom not that James T. Kirk is afraid of anything. However, if he was afraid of anything, Amanda Grayson would be on the list.
"I'm sorry it's on such short notice." Jim seriously doubted if she was sorry but said nothing. "I already changed the sheets in the guest room/study. You know how much I despise staying at the embassy when your father is not with me. You did give me the access code for a reason." At that moment, Jim saw proof that the puppy dog eyes do work on Vulcans. There was no way Spock could say no to his mother.
"That is fine with me mother. However, you should be aware that James also lives here." He was a bit happy that Spock told his mom that. Jim was a little worried that he would be going back to his vacant dorm room alone tonight. It's nice to have a boyfriend that was not ashamed of him. Jim was a little afraid that Spock would try to hide their relationship from his mother or try to downplay the seriousness of it.
It's so unfair that Spock will never have to go through the "meet the parents" scenario with him. Winona probably would have liked Spock.
"I was already aware of that from the case of beer and the half eaten hamburgers in the refrigeration unit. You really need to go grocery shopping. Are you okay with me staying here James? Being here will give me time to welcome you to the family. I just made some homemade cookies." As if Jim was really stupid enough to tell the mother of his boyfriend that she couldn't stay in their apartment. He instantly liked any one that would make him cookies, because James never had that as a child.
Okay, how cool was it that this was their apartment? Jim just loves saying that. It was nice to have a place that was his and Spock's. Although they are changing the access code, to avoid future surprise visits from Spock's mom and dad.
Wait, did Spock's mom just say she was there to welcome him to the family? OK, he would have to ask about that later. Even though he loves Spock, he wasn't quite ready for the M word.
"That's fine with me. I've never got an opportunity to do a mom visit thing at the academy so this will be fun."
"That's unfortunate. Was your mother busy with her job? What does she do?" Apparently, Spock did not have time to tell his mother not to ask those types of questions. Jim got used to it as a child when people asked him why he skipped out on all the father son activities at school.
"My mother is dead." Jim said as he grabbed his suitcase once more to take it to their bedroom.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know." Dr. Grayson said in apology.
"It's okay Dr. Grayson, it was about four years ago." Jim replied politely.
"I'm so sorry and call me Amanda. You are family now." There's that F word again.
"It's OK, Amanda. I'm over it. It was a big deal at the time here. I'm not sure if it made the news on other Federation planets. The story about how the Kelvin heroes' widow was beaten to death by her second husband generated lots of hits. I think I will go upstairs and put my things up. Baby, I'm sure you have a lot to talk to your mom about." Jim said squeezing Spock's hand. Jim is pretty sure he just made Spock blush in front of his mom.
"That's fine. I ordered dinner before you guys got here. It should be here in 30 minutes." Amanda said as she continued to smile at the sight of their joined hands.
"I despise that infantile nickname." Jim knew Spock really didn't, which is why he kept using it.
"Sure you do, baby." Jim said as he ended the Vulcan style kiss and disappeared upstairs to give his boyfriend a little quality time with his mother. That's when Jim remembered that they left certain 'toys' utilize last night in the bathroom sink. Dinner was not going to be fun.
The present
It turns out the evil grey fuzzy blob looking thing was the least of Jim's worries. A few moments after he started running like crazy, the evil grey fuzzy thing was completely devoured by this giant red monster that looked like a cross between a giant crab, a humongous lizard, and something from those 20th century science fiction films he likes to watch but Spock hates. As Jim continued to get the hell out of there, he fell down an ice cover cliff during his effort to outrun the thing that looks like a crab from hell. He also fell on an iced over pond. Fortunately, he didn't break it, but the evil crab/lizard monster of Delta Vega did.
Jim thought he found relief in an icy cave but it was larger than he thought it was and the evil crab of death was able to follow him inside. He kept running but the death crab apparently had no trouble whatsoever wrapping its tongue like thing around his ankles. Jim was 98% positive that he was completely screwed at that moment.
Then suddenly there was this old guy wearing a really cool coat scaring the crab of death with a giant torch. Apparently, the crab like monster was afraid of fire and retreated quickly as he/she/it let go Jim's lower body.
When the man turned around, the first thing Jim realizes was that the individual was actually a Vulcan. The second thing Jim realized was he looked an awful lot like an older version of his boyfriend. Maybe they were related. At least that would explain why the old guy knew his name.
"James T. Kirk, how did you find me?" The older Vulcan said with such a strong look of love and admiration in his eyes that it scared the hell out of Jim. The only person that has ever looked at him like that was Spock.
"How do you know my name? You're not another one of my boyfriend's crazy relatives? Because I had enough of that from the woman that wants to become my mother in law. Amanda is one scary woman when she is in overprotective mom mode. Spock never mentioned any long lost family that lived on this ice ball. Then again he has been preoccupied today."
As Jim continued speaking, he noticed a smile on the older man's face. It made the older Vulcan look a lot more like his boyfriend. Jim was under the impression that Vulcans didn't smile. The only time Spock smiled was post orgasm. Usually it was a very smug smile.
"I am a relative of your boyfriend's in a matter of speaking. Also, I have been and will always be your friend."
"Do you mean that by the human definition of the term or by the Vulcan definition of the term? Did you know that friend can be used as a code word for lover? Either way I think you have been here too long. I don't know you even if you look like my boyfriend's long lost grandfather." At that the older Vulcan gave him a very puzzling look, as if he was trying to figure Jim out.
"I am Spock."
At first, Jim did not want to believe him. Then he really looked at him. They have the same eyes, the same smile, and even their voices sounded similar. The older man even looked at him the same way his Spock did. Jim could see the love and admiration in his eyes so clearly.
The only difference was this version of Spock was obviously a century older. He shouldn't be surprised since they were dealing with a futuristic Romulan out to kill them all. If Nero could come from the future, then wouldn't it be possible for Spock to do the same? There is only one thing that can be said in a situation like this.
"Fuck."
To be continued
I forgot to do this on the last chapter. The answer to the bonus question from two chapters ago was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.