So I don't really like how this chapter turned out, but it was necessary in order to introduce Stolik and Spencer. It's probably not that bad, I'm probably just being too hard on myself.

And I also want to credit PurpleFoot with the name of the ice planet, Elurra! Thank you! :D

"Doctor Stolik, I presume?" Jim asked with his best diplomat smile.

"Yes, and you are Captain James T. Kirk."

"You know who I am?" Jim was honestly a little shocked even though he really shouldn't have been. It was just too weird to think that the smiling Vulcan from the picture actually knew who he was!

"Of course! You are the poster boy of the federation are you not?" Stolik was practically glowing with good-humor. How openly he expressed his emotions was a little shocking to the three Starfleet officers, but at least his speech patterns were still Vulcan like. No contractions.

"Uh, yeah, I suppose I am," said Kirk.

"And you must be Mr. Spock and Doctor McCoy," Stolik said looking at the other two men. "I have heard so many good things about you three! Please, do come in!" He stepped aside and held the door open for them as they filed in.

The house was spotless but still looked remarkably comfortable and lived in. It smelled pleasantly of home-cooking, cleaner, and those rare Vulcan flowers.

"Nice place you got here," said Jim casually.

"Thank you, Captain Kirk."

"Please, call me Jim."

"Very well, Jim. You can call me Stolik. May I ask what brings you here to our humble abode? It's not every day we get a visit from famed Starfleet officers."

"Well, it's kinda a long story—" Jim began, but was suddenly cut off by an excited Stolik.

"Oh! Come with me! I have not yet introduced you to my husband!" he exclaimed.

Jim, Spock, and Leonard followed the Vulcan into the living room where Doctor Spencer Hansen was sitting in an armchair reading a rather thick book. When they entered the room, he put down the book and smiled up at Stolik through thin framed rectangular glasses. Spencer was in his mid-fifties, his brown hair was beginning to grey but other than that, he looked pretty good for his age. Stolik appeared to be a bit younger than him, but actually the Vulcan was a few years older.

"This is my husband, Spencer. Spencer, darling, this is Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Doctor McCoy of the Starship Enterprise!" Stolik introduced them.

Spencer stood up. "I know who they are. I'm not blind yet!" He held out his hand for the captain to shake.

"Call me Jim," he said.

"Leonard," said Bones when Spencer offered him a hand.

Spock hesitated when the hand was offered to him.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot about the whole not touching Vulcans thing. I can touch mine whenever I want," he chuckled suggestively and wrapped an arm around Stolik who kissed him on the lips.

"It is quite alright. You may call me Spock," said Spock.

"So to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?" asked Stolik.

"Well," began Jim. "There is a story to how we got here, but I had a 103 degree fever for most of it, so I'll let them tell it," he jabbed a thumb in the direction of his boyfriends.

"I believe you will tell the story more… colourfully, Leonard. Would you like to?" Spock asked.

"Sure. We had just got done fighting of these goddamn Klingons when we ran out of dilithium crystals! So Mr. Spock over here had the brilliant idea of going to the godforsaken ice planet, Elurra, to get some more crystals."

The Vulcan and the human both get even more interested at the mention of the planet they had lived on during the early years of their relationship.

Bones continued. "So long story short, we ended up stranded down there and we spent the night in an old Starfleet outpost that happened to have a large stash of alcohol and chocolate in the cupboards."

"I knew we were forgetting something!" Spencer exclaimed.

"We also found this," said Jim, pulling the picture from the nightstand out of his pocket and handing it to Spencer.

The married couple stared at the photo in awe for long enough to cause the other three men concern. McCoy cleared his throat.

"Thank you, so much," said Stolik, voice shaky with emotion.

"We were so young and beautiful…" Spencer commented.

"This picture means more to us than you can understand. It is very sentimental. We took it shortly after I abandoned the Vulcan disciplines and ran off into space with Spencer."

"Yeah, we thought you might like it back," said Jim.

Suddenly Stolik blushed dark green. "I do hope you changed the sheets before you slept in the bed. We did not bother to wash them before we left… and we certainly did throw that bed a goodbye party…"

Spencer playfully punched his husband in the arm for giving away their intimate details.

"Uh, yeah, we did change them when we got there… but we didn't before we left…" realized Bones.

"I believe it is only the couch that any future occupants need to worry about, Leonard," Spock pointed out gently.

"You guys did it on the couch without me!" Jim exclaimed. "No fair!"

"You had the goddamn flu!" Bones reminded him.

"Yeah…" Jim sighed.

The three men suddenly remembered that they weren't alone in the room. Spock was thoroughly embarrassed and Spencer and Stolik looked momentarily confused until it clicked.

"Oh! You three are…" Spencer realized.

"I did sense the beginnings of a bond between all of you, but I assumed it was just from working in such close contact and the effects of several platonic melds," said Stolik.

"Nope, we're together," said Jim. "And seriously? Platonic? You live on Tevis and a three way romantic relationship isn't the first thing that comes to mind?"

The Vulcan shrugged. "It is not traditional for humans or Vulcans."

"Well you're not all that traditional of a Vulcan yourself," quipped Jim.

"Touché," he smiled.

"So, that's why we're here. We just wanted to meet who we assume are the first Vulcan-human gay couple," concluded Bones.

"You are correct in your assumption," said Stolik.

"You kind of inspired us in our relationship. If you guys could have yours than we can have ours," said Jim.

The odd couple smiled in kind. "Well, it is a great honor to be inspirational for you. How long will you be staying on Tevis? Long enough perhaps for a wedding?" Stolik asked.

The three officers were momentarily confused until they simultaneously understood the Vulcan's meaning. "What? You thought we came here to get married? No! I mean not yet! I mean no! I mean maybe eventually but not right now, no," stammered Jim.

Concerned, Spock put a hand on Jim's shoulder. "Jim? Are you alright?" He had never seen his captain be so unsure of himself before.

"Yeah, Spock. I'm fine. I just don't want to screw us up by saying the wrong thing."

"It's okay, Jim. We just started dating. We're not getting married anytime soon. That's all you need to say," Bones reassured him.

"Forgive my assumption," said Stolik. "Since Tevis is the only planet on which you could legally all get married, it seemed a logical reason for you to be here."

"Nah, we're just here because you're here," said Bones.

"Though I am curious as to why you are here, if you do not mind me asking," said Spock.

"Well that's easy. This is the only place we were completely accepted. Sure we could have lived on Earth without too many dirty looks, but here no one treats us like we're any different. The Tevisians are the most accepting, loving, non-prejudiced people in the Federation. They never even looked at us twice!" Spencer explained.

They all nodded in understanding. "A most logical choice," said Spock. Out of the three officers, he knew the most about struggling to be accepted.

"Well, you are welcome to stay for a while if you wish. Tevis is a beautiful planet and we have not had company in a while," explained Stolik.

"The Enterprise is not needed anywhere at this time, Jim. It would be logical to stay," said Spock.

"Maybe you could authorize shore leave for the crew while we take some vacation time for ourselves," suggested Bones.

"I like the way you guys think," smiled Jim. "Stolik, Spencer, we'd like to take you up on your offer and spend a couple days of shore leave here."

The Vulcan looked absolutely delighted and Spencer seemed to take great joy from the expression on his husband's face. "We would be honored to have you! Oh, Spencer, love! What should we make for dinner?"

Spencer chuckled. "Calm down, you'll scare them away!"

"You don't have to cook for us." Jim certainly didn't want to impose.

"It is no trouble; we cook all of our meals," Stolik explained.

"Well, I'm sure whatever you cook, we'll love," Bones assured him.

Stolik nodded and dashed off into the kitchen, determined to cook Jim, Spock, and Leonard the best meal they had ever eaten.

"Sorry about him," said Spencer. "He gets a little over excited sometimes. Probably because he never got to be excited as a kid."

"That's quite alright," Jim assured the older man.

"Well, I better go help him, lest he burn the house down," sighed Spencer before entering the kitchen and immediately giving his husband a big kiss.

"Well, they're nice," noted Bones.

"Nice is an understatement. They're amazing!" exclaimed Jim.

"They are most remarkable," agreed Spock. "Stolik intrigues me."

"Yeah, he's a purebred Vulcan and he's more human than you!" McCoy quipped. Spock didn't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult so he kept his mouth shut.

Jim grabbed his communicator and commed the Enterprise. "Kirk to Scott."

"Scott here, Cap'n."

"Prepare to beam down some people; we're going on shore leave!"

Hope you liked it! Next chapter should be up in about a week. I injured my wrist today so typing probably isn't the best idea... As always, I love reviews! :)