Title: Love
Rating: K+
Characters: Spock
Word Count: 100, including title word
Drabbles Completed: 10/20
Summary/Warnings: Spoilers for Requiem for Methusaleh.
A/N: And a personal explanation, as my opinion of that ending may differ from other people's perceptions. When Spock said "Forget," I don't think he was making Kirk forget about Rayna; only about the pain involved in her death or at his own actions in the episode. I can't see an invasion of memory-removal being either IC or sensible for Spock, under the circumstances (for Pete's sake, don't you think somehow a total loss of memory of the woman would have been evident to any or all of them?), besides the fact that it would be morally wrong. I think it was more of a "Remember the good, not the painful," than an entire memory block. Maybe my opinion, but I stick by it.
#01 – Love
McCoy's caustic remarks are incorrect; he has loved before, though never categorized it as such. It is the hardest of all emotions to define, and the most illogical. Earth philosophers have defined it as the willingness to risk all for a friend, and Jim attempted to explain it once as wanting above all else to make someone perfectly happy.
Either way, he is not foolish enough to deny reality; he knows precisely his reasons for removing the pain – but not the sweeter memories – of Rayna, accepting the risk of rejection and anger as possible consequence for his actions.