"Yes." he whispered, ashamed. " Yes what?" She said running a finger down around his adam's apple. Spock shuttered. " Yes, I've...imagined having intercourse with you." he said meekly. Spock's TA has becomes obsessive and her fervor for him gets the best of both of them. Spock finds himself engaged in a battle of wills in which he both favors and dreads either outcome.

Spock has lost his world, his mother, everything that surrounded him as a youth, yet he has maintained his composure in public for months. After Uhura's dangerous mission, he confronts loss. How will he deal with the possibility? This story is dark and light, isolation and the love of friends. Set in lead-up to STiD but not in the comics-verse. Cover Art by Linstock (Thanks!)