Through the Eyes of a Son

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Jim Kirk had been called many things in his life. When he was a child he was a son, brat, brother, juvenile delinquent, and a repeat offender. After accepting a dare he was a best friend, uncle, cadet, captain, hero and later a husband. Now he was taking on a whole new title, Dad. It was a scary thought, Jim Kirk a father.

He was sitting on the floor the across the hall from the open doorway into the nursery. He could hear Winona cooing and singing to his son. It made him slightly uneasy to leave her alone with the Chris. He knew that she knew how to take care of a baby and that she would never do anything to hurt him but he was still leery of letting her get to close. She had rejected him and made him fell unwanted for most of his life. He didn't want that for his son.

Jim turned his head as Spock sat down beside him. It was a bit surprising to see the half Vulcan sitting on the floor but Spock had been doing a lot of out of character things lately. Jim wondered if it had anything to do with the two year old little girl sitting in his lap.

"Uncle Jim, I need to see Chris." The way the Vulcan child talked never stopped amazing Jim. No two year old should be able to speak that well.

Before he could say anything Spock answered for him. "Amanda, we have already talked about this. Chris is sleeping, you must let him rest. You may see him later."

The child twitched and Jim had to bit his cheek to keep from laughing. "I will not wake him." She turned back to him. "Uncle Jim, explain to A'nirih that I may see Chris."

Spock shot him a look and Jim huffed. Amanda's request was cute and usually he gave her anything she asked for (something she had figured out) but he needed to say no this time. "Sorry Mandy but your A'nirih is right. Chris is sleeping. Besides, his grandmother is spending time with him right now. You don't want to interrupt that do you?"

"Yes." He should have been expecting that one. The girl was beginning to become agitated. It looked like she was on the verge of a Vulcan temper fit. He needed to distract her.

"Why do you need to see him right now?"

The child raised her eyebrow and Jim swore that she looked exactly like Spock did when Jim asked what he considered a stupid question. "I must make sure he is well."

Jim's eyes shot to Spock's. What? An instant later he heard his son begin to cry. He got up to check on him. He was half way to the door when he heard sounds of a struggle. Amanda was in Spock's arms working herself into very human temper fit. He turned back towards the nursery when Spock raised his hand to the child's temple.

Fatherhood was going to be interesting.

Winona seemed to have everything under control. She seemed slightly amused that he was so worried about Chris crying but she didn't say anything about it. She shooed him away and continued to rock his son. The boy quieted and Jim walked towards the door. He turned around to take one last look at the two of them and froze. Winona was staring at the baby with a strange look in her eyes. It was a look that Jim knew very well.

Christopher Kirk was not a ghost George Kirk and Jim would not let Winona treat him like he was.

A'nirih means Father in Vulcan (I think.)

AN: Well it's finished, what did you think? I hope you enjoyed it. I'm thinking about writing a one-shot follow up to this but I haven't decided yet.

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