So hey, do any of you guys watch 'Lewis'? (Or 'Inspector Lewis' as it's called in the USA)
Cause I'm addicted to it, James Hathaway is my bae, and I have a fairly angsty fic idea that I'm still figuring out.
But would anyone actually read it?
Rachel :)
Chapter 32
"I flirted with Jim".
McCoy paused, before slowly lowering his medical book and looking up at the Vulcan who's lap he was currently lying on.
"You... flirted?"
Spock stared down at him silently, face expressionless as if gauging his boyfriend's reaction, "Yes. With Jim".
"You... flirted?"
A slight frown, "I find it mildly worrying that that's the part you've chosen to focus on".
"Well... You're not much of a casual flirter".
"That's exactly what I told Jim, too".
McCoy put down his book on the coffee table next to them, before slowly sitting up, "But you still... flirted?"
"Yes. He kept... pushing at me, to do so".
"Well... What did you say to him?"
"I called him beautiful" He replied seriously, "He got quite flustered".
The doctor groaned and threw himself against Spock's shoulder, "And you couldn't have waited until I was there?! I've been trying to catch that kid off guard for weeks!"
"Well... Now you know what to say next time".
He studied his expression cautiously, "... Next time?"
The Vulcan hummed thoughtfully, "Yes. I am almost 96.784% certain that you are attracted to him as well".
The older mutant quickly straightened up, staring at the man in shock, "As well?"
Spock carefully met his gaze, "I... also find him quite... endearing. As I'm sure you noticed just before Pike interrupted us the other day".
McCoy full out grinned at him, and his heart softened at the sight, "So we're doing this? We're actually going to... to..."
"Seduce him?" He offered, "Yes, if you have no doubts or uncertainties about it".
"Hell no! Do you?"
"Negative".
The man's grin only widened as he pulled the Vulcan in for a short yet heated kiss, "This is going to be great! This is going to be... be... be so great! I know it, I can feel it! I can feel it in-"
"-in your bones?"
The doctor stared at him, smile abruptly dimmed "... Anddd moment ruined. That was a terrible pun".
Spock smirked, "Oh the contrary, Leonard. I found it quite humorous. As will Jim when we tell him this story in the weeks to come".
"Oh just- just shut up!" He snapped, cheeks flushing as he lowered his head to the Vulcan's lap once more, "... How are we even going to do this?"
Long fingers played carefully with his hair, already soothing his racing heart.
"... Carefully".
Well that wasn't the answer he thought he'd get.
"Carefully?"
"Jim is... damaged, for lack of a better word".
McCoy frowned up at him, eyes searching the dark walnut browns for an explanation, his uncertainty clearly buzzing between them through their bond.
Spock sighed, "... The power comes from the person, from their personality".
"Yea, I know. I got healing cause I want to help people, Sulu has botanokinesis due to his love of plants, and Uhura is an emotional empathic because she's a caring person. What's this got to do with Jim?"
"... Have you ever wondered what his power has to do with his personality?"
"Empathic Mimicry? I don't know... I didn't even know such a power existed before I met him, to be honest".
The Vulcan slowly nodded, "Yes, well, based on what I know about the boy so far... I have a few theories".
His boyfriend smirked, "Of course you do. You and that big brain of yours. So come on, spill, what's theory number one?"
"He... He wants to fit in" Spock started, "He wants to be... loved so much that he creates persona's, masks, facades, if you will, to become the type of person he thinks you want. The type of personality he thinks you want".
"Which is why he has so many powers" McCoy finished quietly, mind running and heart breaking, and the younger man nodded, "Exactly. Jim creates different types of people within himself, depending on who he's talking to, in order to get them to like him... I don't think he realises what he's doing".
"... Well that's a depressing theory. Got any nice ones?"
"No. That's... that's the most likely".
The doctor slowly nodded, "... He blocks us out, though".
"I noticed".
"He... He retreats into himself, doesn't let us in, not all the time".
"He does".
"So... how does that make sense? That he wants to fit in, but not... not let us in".
Spock paused.
"I believe he's hiding something".
McCoy blinked.
"Hiding something?"
"Yes. Something that he doesn't want us to know. Doesn't want us to find out, encase... encase we leave him because of it".
"Okay, so, let me get this right... Jim's creating different persona's, as such, in order to get us to let him in, but he won't let us in, because he's worried he'll be rejected if we find out about whatever it is that's happened?"
The Vulcan's hands stilled for a moment, "... Yes".
"... Hence why you said we have to be careful".
"Exactly. He's a smart boy, very smart, in fact... Yet his desire for affection made him blind to Mitchell's lies... We can't risk him thinking that we're doing the same".
"But we won't be!"
"I know that, Leonard, and so do you... But he'll doubt himself. He'll... retreat into himself even further if we press him on this. We need to... take things slow".
"We didn't take things slow".
The corner of his mouth twitched, "Yes... But I was at my worst, back then. You had seen me at my worst, so there were no boundaries between us... But I have very high suspicions that we have yet to even scratch the surface of James Tiberius Kirk".