This one is kinda set before "Hope". Keep reading, reviewing, and enjoying, guys!
She's accepted her fate, and carries with grace; poise. She knew what to expect when she married a Vulcan, that emotions would be devoid in their relationship, but she couldn't control the fluttering of her heart when he would send her a small smile that he reserved only for her, or the tenderness in his eyes when they would make love. She forced herself to dismiss those thoughts, though. He was an alien, foreign to both her world and her emotions, he could never understand the budding warmth in her heart. And he could never reciprocate that warmth, either.
For the first few years of her marriage, Amanda never acknowledged the love that was beginning to sprout in her heart. She cared for Sarek, yes, but she couldn't deny that their matrimony was more of a political alliance than a romance. She knew if she became attached to a man who couldn't love her back, her fragile heart was more than doomed. So she simply recognized him as a business partner and occasional lover, unwilling to let the turbulent feelings she was hiding boil to the surface. But every time that little sparkle glinted his eyes, she felt the swirl of her hidden emotions simmer to the cusp of her self-restraint, and couldn't help but hope that she had burrowed her way into his heart like he had unwittingly done to her.