Part 1 of the "Long December" series. The story of Jim's past and the long, bumpy, messed up road of how Jim and Spock eventually ended up together in LOATR. Takes place just after 2009 and before Into Darkness. *WARNINGS* *Slash* Child Abuse / Implied, Adult Situations, Dark Themes, Language, Hurt/Comfort, Nightmares, OOC, Violence / Implied *See A/n for changes to cannon*

In the midst of a conflict with his mother, Jim is de-aged by a transporter malfunction. Poor Bones has his work cut out for him, trying to figure out what the problem is, while Jim is driving his crew nuts as an adult and as a child,

Jim finds a battered and beaten up Vulcan one night and saves him. Little does he know that the encounter will end up changing his whole life. Alternate universe. Slash. Spirk. Spork. Multi-chapter. Now complete. Read and review please.