Story: Searching for Heaven
Author: MikoAkako
Beta: None
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Pairing/Character: Jim/Spock
Word count: 394
Disclaimer: I don't own anything you recognize.
Summary: xxxvi. Fairy Tale. Not a typical fairy tale.
A/N: So this isn't what I originally planned. This was actually the first chapter I wrote, but it was drastically different. I'm going to type up and post the original version as a separate one-shot eventually. That being said, I hope you enjoy this one - it's a little bit different from the others.
Fairy Tale
In this fairy tale, there is no princess, just two not-quite-princes who never had a home. The bad guy isn't a wicked witch but a grieving widower from the future holding a grudge for a tragedy which never occurred. It isn't love at first sight; they can't even be in the same room without fighting physically or verbally. Despite that, they are connected by their grief – one lost a mother, the other born fatherless.
There are no mirrors or pumpkins or enchanted sleeps. There is a wicked stepfather, but he's overcome before the princes meet. There's a best friend who might be a fairy godmother – godfather – but instead of wielding magic he wields hypos and oaths. He doesn't change rags to riches or put a midnight curfew, but he does fix broken bones patch up cuts like new.
It's still the middle of the story. They're waiting for the happily ever after, but they're past the kiss that changes lives. They know it's not the ever after because there's no phaser fire or hostile encounters once the story's over. There's no waiting up all night for the read out to show he's awake. There's no endless pacing in the halls waiting for the word that the lifeless body isn't as dead as it felt flung over his shoulder. The joy when the news comes is good, but its short and before long there's another disaster to ruin the idea of happily ever after.
In this fairy tale, there is no princess, no wicked witch, no dancing shoes or dwarves or bread crumbs or frog. There is no love at first sight or happily ever after. What there is, is two people who never should have met who did. Two people who should have lived lives ignorant of the other who melded together to form a whole that filled a part of the other that wasn't known to be empty. So there's no magic or spells or enchantments, but this is a fairy tale that will be told for centuries until the truth is overlapped with fiction. Maybe the friend will be a fairy godfather and the wicked stepfather will play a role and the evil wizard is vanquished by the brave princes with a heroic speech full of honor and love. But the underlying truth is that two people fell in love and lived.