It was T'Lou that first took note of Spock's affections. To a Vulcan even the subtlest of movements and changes in speech are of note and T'Lou had lived long enough to know the actions of a sentient being in love.
She had lost her bondmate with her world's destruction, but she could recall with perfect clarity how they had met and how they had loved. It was one emotion she would not be ashamed of and frankly she was too old to pretend otherwise.
She saw how Spock looked at Captain Kirk. How his eyes lit up and his lips quirked up slightly. The boy was obviously infatuated with the blonde and she was unsure about how she should deal with the situation. Part of her wanted to aid Spock in obtaining love despite his unique situation, but another part of her felt like in doing so she would be undermining the decisions made by the older Spock she had never met.
He had chosen a female mate of his standards for himself and as far as she was aware had never shown any interest with Captain Kirk before their parental bonding.
Logically she had no reason to interfere in the affairs of the Captain and first officer, but still…..It was hard to watch them interact and not notice how the pair completed each other. Even when just standing next to each other in the same room they exuded happiness and utter contentment. They were closer than any pair she had ever seen, even ones bonded like she and her mate had been.
When she saw Lieutenant Uhura try to interact with her student she was struck by how wrong they seemed for each other. They were not compatible the same way Spock and his captain were. There just wasn't the same spark, as humans would say.
T'Lou felt for him and his struggle.
He would only exist for a few short weeks more and then his memories would be lost, leaving behind anyone who had come to love him for who he was now.
She didn't want to hurt the Captain or Lieutenant that way, but she didn't want to see Spock hurting now. He's life was barely a flash of a lifetime, didn't he deserve the one thing he wanted?
She had to know what they had been before this change. What Spock had been like before he'd gotten a chance to relive his childhood.
It didn't take her long to find some unrestricted footage of the two of them and it took her even shorter amount of time to see that very little had changed between the two of them. They gravitated toward each other even then, finishing each others thoughts and communicating without a word passing between them. It steeled her resolve to help Spock gain his mate if only for the short amount of time he would have him.
She didn't know how she was going to help, but she was going to keep her eyes open and wait for the right opportunity. She had no idea that her opportunity was already brewing in Jim and Spock's corridors as the young Vulcan kicked and scratched at his blankets in an anguished induced nightmare.
The blood in his veins had already begun to simmer and before the week was through it would be at a boil.
A little update to make my dear friend T feel better!
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