Claustrophobia
Chapter Twenty-six
Returning to the kitchen he plated the last meal and placed it in the refrigeration unit and together they cleared the kitchen. He explained that there was a body of servants for the house and workers in the vineyard but they had been given leave for this event.
Taking her arm he escorted her to the staircase to view the second story. Nyota had to admit that that level's three bedrooms and adjoining baths were decorated beautifully. Spock explained he had forwarded his ideas to the real estate broker, who in turn hired an interior decorator. All furnishings, fabrics, wall surfaces suggestions and accessories had been approved by him prior to purchase and removal to the house. Every bathroom had been gutted and refitted with new tile work and fixtures. Although he had been forwarded images of the work as it progressed he was quite satisfied with the final appearance of the house.
Descending the stairs they looked at the formal living room, family room and then the stone walled basement was explored. It was an open space which held much promise. Spock then took Nyota to the end of the hall and opened the door to a huge master suite. It was as wide as the entire house with a huge picture window providing a view of the mountains.
She whispered,
"This is simply beautiful, Spock, thank you."
Nyota stood on her tip-toes and kissed him and Spock's entire world collapsed around them. He crushed her to him,
"Nyota, my Nyota with my entire being, I desire you…"
"Take me Spock, take me to our bed."
She was weightless in his arms as he carried her.
He seated her on the edge and knelt before her,
"My Nyota, I will control my actions toward you and tramp down the intensity of my need for your mind and body. With our Terran wedding I now claim your body as a Terran male. When we bond, I will share your mind and body as a Vulcan. Once we have consummated our marriage I wish to make us one in sight of the stars in the sky, within the sight of my home world where we will shortly be bonded. Grant me this K'diwa."
She was biting her upper lip as she nodded, 'Yes'.
Spock buried his face in her lap and said,
"Thank you my wife, my aduna."
He took her to the full length mirrors on the closet doors in the room and took her hair down and said,
"Your hands will remove my garments and mine yours."
Turning to face one another he untied the inner closings of her robe and allowed it to drape off her shoulders. She did likewise and he shook the garment off his shoulders, then both garments were neatly folded and put aside.
Her breath caught as his hand touched her shoulder and he then he ran a line of kisses down her neck to her clavicles. The Vulcan in him determined he would mark her at their bonding when they were joined body and mind.
Spock pulled his first undergarment over his head and bent from the waist so that she could remove it. She then put her hands above her head but he gently returned them to her side and the gathered the hem of her first under slip in his hand and drew it down and she stepped out of it. His second undershirt followed the first. Now would come the reveal.
Spock took her and placed her in front of him, facing the mirror and carefully undid the hooks and eyes on her bra. He kissed her back as he gently brought the straps down to her elbow, removed his hands and let that piece fall to the floor. Spock was overwhelmed, took a deep breath as again it was as if time and space compacted, while he viewed the beauty before him. He did not touch her body. Then he reached for the last barrier to fulfilment, her final garment and he swiftly torn it away from her body and groaned. He placed her hand on his loin cloth and nodded. His body was already responding to what his eyes viewed and what his mind imagined. When he touched her body it was like electricity that passed between then as his lips crashed into hers.
In the deep recesses of his mind he realized he was mentally counting in order to pace himself. He fully understood the role of the male, Terran or Vulcan in intercourse but he was determined that he would not rush to the desired climax. He was amazed at how responsive she was to his touch, his instructions and his positioning of her body. She pleasured him with her light touches. His physical response to her moans excited him and then came her pleas, to which he complied multiple times.
He allowed her a short rest while he prepared a place for them on the floor their high-walled terrace. He then carried his wife to the warm breezes and scents of the night and took her body again. He was certain that when they were bonded and they joined mind and body the pleasures would be increased a hundred fold.
When finally he was satisfied, he covered her gently and moved to a quiet corner with her still form in view. He gently opened her present to him, the incense box. Removing it he found at the bottom, her own selection of incense for his use. Spock's heart expanded as he thought that she spent time to sample and select these scents. He struck the heart shaped flint and breathed deeply as he watched the smoke curled upward and the scent drew him into meditation.
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Resurfacing he found himself centered and fully aware of his surroundings. His adun was still stretched out before him on the pallet of blankets and sheets he had made. Her soft breathing invited him to return to her side so he did.
Sliding in he turned on his back and observed the stars above focusing in on the faint dot that was his home, now lower in the sky and he thought of his soon to be performed bonding with Nyota. He then wondered what he could purchase for his bonding gift. It was a matter to be well thought out.
Of course, he was not even born when his father took up the robes of service from his father. As a matter of fact, he was not even married to his mother so she could not give him an idea of what would take place. The one person who could give him input was T'Pau. What he would request was the combining his investiture ceremony with his bonding to Nyota. If so, that would be a memorable affair.
He was aware that the ceremony was not open for public observation. It was performed before their highest governmental bodies, The Vulcan High Counsel and High Committee. If his bonding could be included he was certain T'Pau would be more than pleased to perform that ceremony.
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Nyota turned and her hand reached for him and she whispered,
"Spock."
He took her in his arms and whispered,
"K'diwa, I am here by your side."
She turned to face him and slid even closer to him which started the cycle again. In the midst of this activity Spock thought of a Terran expression he had heard,
'the joys of married life…"
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When they finally awoke, she stood and the sunlight bathed her beautiful body. He took a blanket and draped it around her shoulders and he did likewise for himself. They both leaned on the stone walls of the balcony looking over the beautiful scenery.
She looked at him with a perturbed look on her face asked,
"Spock have I satisfied you?"
Caressing her face and running his fingers through her unbound hair he said,
"K'diwa, think of the fulfillment of your most sort after dream and hear my words, you have far surpassed that for me."
A slight smile touched her lips as she let the blanket slide to the ground. He followed suit and this time he did not look upward towards the stars, for he had discovered his real home was now wherever his Nyota was.
They did not eat the prepared 'last meal' until the following day.
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The days spent in the countryside was filled with her laughter, his sighs, their joinings, sharing of meals and finally it was time for them to go.
She stood before him,
"Spock, remember the story I told you about Cinderella…?
"The time when I placed your shoes on your feet …?"
"Yes, but there is another part to that story. Cinderella had a curfew. When the time approached when she would have to leave the ball, it had almost slipped her mind and then she flee so not to be discovered. Once outside the palace she was turned back to the lowly servant girl that she really was. Now, we must both go back to Star Fleet and for the majority of the time I will have to forget this experience, this mind altering experience. How will I be able to return to that life?"
"You will be able to because shortly we will become a recognized married couple. I will publicly call you my wife, I shall hold your waist pulling you close to me…"
"…and kiss me."
"In private."
She laughed and said,
"How Vulcan."
"Indeed."