Disclaimer: I don't own any Vulcans.

Tyback appears in "Descartes' Error" for the first time in Chapter 63 "Tyback". One of my most highly reviewed chapters. He is a very special Vulcan...and several people have prodded me to write more about him.

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Tyback pulled back quickly. "I do not understand."

He tilted his head. It was an automatic motion now when he was confused. His hand was pressed against Ashanti's. She was trying to remain calm, but felt sad and a bit humiliated. What had he done wrong?

"I said, if you're not really that into me...I understand."

"Into you?" asked Tyback.

"Attracted to me...romantically." Ashanti wasn't meeting his eyes, "You know, lots of guys seem to think I'm cool...and then they ask me out...and then realize that they feel too intimidated by my height...and things..."

"Things?" Tyback asked.

She looked down at her feet. He felt a flood of her apprehension. "Well, you know, I'm kind of strong...because of the swimming...and that kind of can scare some guys..."

"That is illogical," said Tyback...and even if it wasn't he was still a great deal stronger than her, so really, that qualm could not apply.

"It doesn't have to be logical, it is just how they feel. And all I'm saying is that if that is how you feel, its okay. I can...we can just be friends," Ashanti continued.

Obviously somewhere there was a miscommunication. They were in her dorm room. They were sitting next to one another, backs against the headboard, legs stretched out in front of them on her bed. They had just watched some Terran sitcom that made Ashanti laugh...Tyback was trying to understand the humor so he could duplicate it. If he wasn't interested in her romantically why would he do this? Why would he kiss her? Why would he have engaged in these activities for over a month?

It was illogical.

"Well, its just...I mean...I feel that alien thing when we kiss...and well, maybe I misinterpreted it...maybe I thought it was something it wasn't. We kiss, and we cuddle...but we don't really do much else. And I mean, I don't necessarily want a whole lot more else...but no, I do. Just a little...I...just don't think you're interested in me...physically."

Oh. Tyback felt himself becoming embarrassed.

"See, I've embarrassed you," Ashanti said attempting to pull her hand away. Tyback wouldn't let it go. He took a deep breath. The most logical way to handle embarrassment was not to be embarrassed.

"I assure you, Ashanti, I do find you physically attractive. I do not understand human courtship customs. You will have to tell me what you need." He let the emotion he felt for her flow through the connection between their hands.

Ashanti turned her body so she was on her side and put one leg over his thigh. Tyback did what he normally did in this situation, he calmed his emotions and gently removed her thigh from his own.

Ashanti sighed. He felt her disappointment. Tyback had come to realize from this emotional response that human males had much better physical control than he had supposed.

"That is what I mean!" Ashanti said. "You push me away."

Tyback blinked, "I did not push you away. I removed your leg."

Ashanti pressed. "But why?"

She had never asked him that before. He thought the answer was obvious. "So I do not dishonor you. Or make you feel uncomfortable."

"Dishonor me?"

Did this need spelling out? Apparently so. "With my physical responses. Although my control is considerable, the best way to achieve control is to control the situation. Perhaps human males are better at this than Vulcans. Perhaps because they engage in more frequent acts of..."

Ashanti slipped her thigh over his leg. "So this does turns you on?" Ashanti said.

Tyback knew the expression from basic training. "If I let it, yes, it will turn me on. That is precisely the point."

"You're afraid if you get turned on it will dishonor me and make me uncomfortable?"

"Would it not?" Tyback asked. "You have mentioned your lack of physical experience, and even mentioned that you may like to remain so until after marriage."

"I haven't had sex, but I would like to know that you are...turned on."

His mind reeled. This was a test. A test of his open mindedness. He spent a lot of energy preventing his body from responding to her...even now.

Taking a deep breath he slid down so his head was on the pillow and pulled Ashanti on top of him. She gasped and he felt his ears go warm. Her face hovered above his, her breasts pressed against his chest, her legs were tangled with his own, and her hair fell down to the side of their faces like a curtain. He let his body go...and felt the length of himself pressed against her pelvis.

He kept his eyes focused on hers, he did not let any other part of his body move.

"Ohhhh," she said softly. Through their connection he felt her heightened state of arousal. He hadn't felt it so strongly since their first kiss.

"Yes," he said.

"I wasn't sure Vulcans..." she began.

"Now you are," Tyback replied.

A/N:

Not sure how they'll work this out...

The reason there isn't much Nyota/Spock love going on here is because I've put a lot of love for them into the Vulcan. (Four chapters down...but I'm going to pace myself and post every other day!) I think that Drabbl-ish stuff about their relationship from Nyota's POV may appear in "The Vulcan"...so I've got to be careful about the ideas that go in here.

Anyway, if you need some good Nyota/Spock and you haven't read my stories, "Honor they Love", "Once Bitten", "Irony", or "Vulcan Kissing" I would love your feedback there...and of course...please have a look at "The Vulcan".