Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed the last chapter. Also thank you to everyone who put the story on your alerts. We have a lot of guesses in regard to the paternity of the little boy that Spock found. Let's see if everybody's right. Although, nobody guessed the identity of W. More will be revealed regarding that later on.
I'm probably going to try to do smaller chapters because I think I can get out two small chapters during the week instead of one large one for one story. I really do want to try to update more than once a month on all my stories. Also, I think the 10,000 word chapters are a little overwhelming.
A/N or possibly story spoiler alert: Some of what you read below may seem familiar to those of you who have read the wonderful My Own Interrupted Iowa by T'Pinto (Great story that everybody should read and please send encouragement for her to start the sequel). With her permission, I did borrow the circumstances behind the conception of Carol's son but because Carol did it to Spock instead of Jim, we felt it was different enough.
Pairings for now: Established Jim/Spock, Pre Bones/Nyota, and it's complicated Chris/Amanda
Music: Bruno Mars
Grenade
Gave you all I had and you tossed it in the trash
You tossed it in the trash, you did
This song embodies Spock's relationship with Carol in this universe better than anything I could come up with.
*Count on Me.
This is to show contrast between Spock's relationship with Jim now and what he had with Carol. Also, the song has pure lullaby potential.
Chapter 2: Emotional Grenades
According to his husband, Spock was not supposed to have anything to do with the current situation or subsequent investigation into the murder of 38 Starfleet researchers. Due to what happened during the Nero incident it was easy for him to be declared emotionally compromised. James actually named Nyota as acting First Officer temporarily. He did not argue because James knew him better than most and he was emotionally compromised.
Seeing the bloody body of someone he once cared about was jarring. James could feel his complicated emotions through their bond. Spock hated her but he did not want to see this.
A part of him remembered a time when he would do anything for her. He was so lost in what he thought was love that at the time he would have died for her. She would not have done the same. After being married to James for three years he knows now that what he felt was not real love. Maybe it was immature love or merely infatuation, but it wasn't real.
Spock did not think Carol was capable of love until he watched the security video files. Per James' orders, Spock was not supposed to watch the files, but James knew him too well and did not restrict his access. The attack was unexpected. One of the scientists began randomly attacking the other researchers before the others arrived. Carol's response was to go straight to her son.
"David, I need you to be a good boy for mom and stay quiet, okay?" From the footage, Spock can see the young boy nodding his head.
"Mommy loves you." That's when she injected him with a substance that according to Doctor McCoy mimics death. Spock could only reason that a desperate Carol assumed that if the attackers thought that David was dead they would leave him alone. Spock saw her quickly hide the child in the kitchen area just in case. He then saw the woman who treated him so horribly die protecting her child. As James surmised, she killed one of the attackers and wounded another one so severely that he or she retreated.
Young David was currently in sick bay in stable condition but still unconscious. Dr. McCoy believes that the unconsciousness is a side effect of what Carol gave him to 'play dead'. Spock believes that it is a side effect of a broken parental bond. Even as an adult Vulcan, losing his father was quite painful. All research indicates that it is worse in young children and has been known to trigger a healing trance. Even without a DNA test Spock knew that David was at least partially of Vulcan ancestry.
The required DNA test confirmed that David was in fact Carol's child. In Spock's mind, a DNA test was superfluous. Her actions prove that this was her child. Actually, the name David proved that he was Carol's child. She wanted to name her first child after her grandfather. Spock like the name so much that despite his bitter feelings regarding Carol, he did not take the name off his perspective baby name list.
Unfortunately, the DNA test also identified him as the other parent. Again, Spock did not need a DNA test to prove something he already knew. When he took over carrying the small child from Doctor McCoy, a parental bond locked into place. Actually he already had his suspicions when he saw David. He resembled Spock as a child, except his hair was much lighter. It was the same shade as James'. The DNA test just confirmed the obvious, but it did not explain how he could have a child under the age of three with his former girlfriend.
Other than being forced to be in her company 4.5 years ago when she was doing a speaking engagement at the San Francisco campus, he has not seen the first woman he thought that he loved for 7 years two months and 23 days. They have not engaged in sexual intercourse for eight years, three months, and 19 days. Judging by David's age, he had to be conceived sometime during May or June of 2258. Spock was in space with James for the majority of that time.
Even if David was significantly older, Spock would still be surprised by the child's existence. As embarrassing as it was, his mother spoke with him about the necessities of using contraceptives, especially due to his high social standing. She said it would make him susceptible to paternity suits. Unlike his full Vulcan counterparts, his reproductive system followed human norms. Pregnancy was a possibility at all times, not just once every seven years or with the aid of fertility drugs.
He always used prophylactics. Also Carol was supposedly on the contraceptive shot. However, the woman lied about loving him so it is only logical to assume that she probably lied about being on some form of contraceptive. Spock also distinctly remembered not being able to use spermicide because Carol was supposedly allergic.
The technology did exist to remove a fertilized embryo and transfer it to another during the early stages of fetal development. It was also possible to freeze an embryo for decades and then have a successful pregnancy once the embryo was implanted in a uterus. It was possible that Carol could have gotten pregnant during their relationship and had the fetus removed and 'stored' until a more convenient time for her to bring the child to term.
There was also the possibility that Carol could have secured some of his genetic material by other means. Again, she would not allow spermicide. Is this what happened? Would she really have done something like that to him? According to Rebecca, she already used Spock to satisfy her interplanetary sexual curiosity. Using his DNA to create an offspring without his consent seems completely within the realm of possibilities.
He always wanted children. Due to the endangered species status of Vulcans, it was more necessary than ever. However, he wanted those children with James and not with her. But as Dr. McCoy has said on many occasions, it was impossible to get the bull back in once the door was open. This is the first time that saying has made complete sense to Spock.
Spock was brought out of his thoughts by his door chime. It was Nyota and she had a box of dark chocolate truffles with her. He has not seen her outside a duty since her 29th birthday party. He was not embarrassed about her catching him and James engaged in extremely intimate activities due to destroying the sink in the bathroom. They have been neighbors for nearly 3 years and have witnessed each other in various compromising positions.
No, he was embarrassed because he interrupted her interactions with Leonard. He knows that the doctor was attracted to Nyota and she was equally attracted to him but refused to acknowledge it. He also knows that the young woman was more jaded than he was before he became attracted to James. It also seems that their courtship is moving equally slow.
"Your husband brought these over earlier before everything went to hell, but I thought you could use the rest of the box," she said, handing over a large box of chocolates that only had two truffles missing. The chocolate most likely came from the weekly supply that his mother and sisters send him.
"Thank you," Spock said, allowing her in the room. She quickly went to the couch.
"Jim sent me here to make sure that you're not watching the surveillance footage on repeat. It was disturbing the one time I had to watch it." Spock is tempted to roll his eyes. James would do something like that.
"Where is James?" Spock asked her. He needed his husband desperately.
"He is around the ship somewhere. He referred to it as cleanup duty." That was James' codeword for dealing with the aftermath of a mass casualties situation. The current situation certainly qualified.
"I'm sorry," Nyota said after a moment.
"Why are you apologizing?" Spock asked her, confused.
"I'm sorry about Carol. We both know that you feel things deeper than anyone else, you just don't show it. I know she used to be important to you before she screwed you over. I remember when Jordan died. I hated him and I still loved him at the same time. When it was confirmed that he died, it felt like all the air went out of my lungs. It had to be worse considering how you found out." Her voice was low and sad as she spoke.
"You mean because I was part of the team that discovered her body." He cursed his photographic memory when images of her blood covered body entered his mind. He never wanted to see those images again. He was thankful that David was unconscious and did not see or even hear what happened. How was he going to explain to a child not even three years old that his mother was deceased?
"Yes. It's been years and I still have flashbacks to my mom," she said sympathetically.
"I am okay."
"That tells me that you are anything but okay. You hate that word. Marshall's not back?" she asked, referring to the personification of his human side that materialized during the aftermath of the destruction of Vulcan.
"No, I have not seen 'Marshall', but that may be because of the medication I am still on," he said as a joke to relieve the tension of the moment.
"You did take your medication?" she said, eyeing him suspiciously.
"Yes. The situation is not as emotionally detrimental as you assume it to be and I doubt that a complete breakdown will occur. In retrospect, I did not love Carol, I was just infatuated with her. Between seeing who she truly is and comparing what I felt for her at the time to my feelings with James, I can see that it was not love. I hope you will eventually come to know the difference with Doctor McCoy in comparison to the feelings you once had for Jordan." Spock added this last part to get away from any conversation related to Carol. He wished not to discuss the woman.
"I'm going to give you a free pass because of what happened today with the crazy ex and completely ignore your little comment," Nyota said with annoyance.
"I was under the impression that you are attracted to Doctor McCoy. I also am well aware that he finds you intriguing," Spock said.
"I am convinced that you really want to avoid all Carol related conversation so much that you're bringing Leonard into this. He's just a friend," Nyota said defensively.
"I believe James was under the impression that we were just friends for the majority of our courtship," Spock pointed out to avoid the real issue.
"That's only because he didn't know about the Vulcan handholding make out sessions. Could you please have him refrain from sucking your fingers in the cafeteria. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who knows that's obscene," she said, giving him a dark look.
"Would you prefer that we talk about your father?" Spock suggested, knowing that was an equally uncomfortable subject for her.
"We can talk about the fact that you are now a father. That's why Jim sent me here. I'm supposed to break the news gently without bad mouthing she that we will no longer name," Nyota said sharply. "The fact that you're not freaking out tells me that you already know."
"When I touched David, a parental bond fell into place. The DNA results confirm my initial hypothesis." Thankfully, Nyota did not ask him how he found the DNA test results.
"Well, I know what you have been doing Mister Hacker." Because she automatically assumed correctly what he did do. "You are as bad as your husband and Gaila. I'm assuming that's how you found out what his name is?" she asked after a moment.
"That was how Carol referred to him in the video file. You are aware of the DNA test results?" Spock asked.
"I was there when Bones told your husband. You'll be happy to know that his response was 'how the fuck did the evil bitch get her hands on my husband's sperm.' Then Bones went on a very long speech about how she could have just gotten pregnant when you to were dating and put the zygote on ice for a few years. It may be best for everyone that she's dead right now." Spock had a feeling that Nyota was severely censoring James's reaction. The bond between the two has been closed off for the majority of the last few hours.
"So he does not believe I engaged in sexual intercourse with her recently?" Spock asked.
"Not at all. Jim trusts you implicitly and if we all did our math right, baby David was conceived when we were inching our way back to earth. The evil bitch did tell me she was only a few weeks pregnant right after we got back." This confused Spock. When did Nyota ever have an opportunity to speak to Carol?
"When did this conversation take place?" Spock asked.
"We didn't tell you this at the time because you were still in a bad place after your dad died, but Carol crashed the wedding," Nyota explained, looking guilty.
"She was there?" Spock asked.
"Well, for the reception part anyway, but your other self and I kicked her out in the nicest way possible after Jim saw her there. I don't know why she was there," Nyota said, shaking her head.
"Probably to make me as miserable as possible," Spock mumbled under his breath.
"Well, she is the type of person who will smile to your face and then rip the brakes out of your car." Nyota's voice was bitter.
"I do not own a motor vehicle," Spock told her with a puzzled expression.
"It's an old song lyric. I've been spending way too much time with your husband."
"That seems highly probable."
"She's an evil person who just takes from people and I'm pretty sure that she took some of your sperm at some point when you were dating and put it in the freezer. I really hope she didn't do what Bones suggested. This is why you should always use spermicide," she said, almost lecturing him.
"She claimed an allergy," Spock said, defending himself.
"Fucking bitch. Now, I'm positive it was the sperm thing. The other option was most likely cost prohibitive," she mumbled.
"I know I shouldn't talk badly about the dead, especially because I saw what she did to keep David alive. What she did to you was wrong. At the reception I made some crack about her finishing her champagne as quickly as possible and she said she was only drinking sparkling cider because she was just a few weeks pregnant. My response was 'I pity that child and the poor bastard who knocked you up. I hope he gets full custody. On the bright side, we know it's not Spock's because he hasn't touched your skinny ass in at least five years.' Then I told her to leave." He could tell Nyota was angry just remembering this incident. He was also glad that she took care of it so he did not have to deal with Carol at what was supposed to be a happy occasion.
"What was her response?" Spock asked.
"It was, and I quote 'You will be amazed what can be done these days with technology and a DNA sample.'" The words sent a shiver down Spock's spine.
"I thought she was talking about maybe using a sperm donor. I didn't think she was talking about you, but I should have." Nyota seemed guilty.
"I assumed you told James about this?" Spock questioned.
"He saw the whole exchange and sent your other self to help me get her away from you before she ruined the happiest day of your life. Maybe she was there to tell you about the kid. Unfortunately, Jim wasn't close enough to actually hear the exchange and I didn't tell him exactly what she said."
"I would have sued her for custody immediately if I was aware of this," Spock said, knowing exactly what he would have done despite the ban on children in space at the time.
"Funny, your husband said the same thing," Nyota said as Spock's communicator chirped. There was a simple text message from his husband.
The baby Vulcan is up and crying for his mom and Becky. I need you here to help me tell him. Bring teddy bear.
Jim's message referred to the giant stuffed animal that Spock won for him at an amusement park. James kept the bear because it was a gift from Spock.
"David is awake and he is asking for his mother," Spock explained as neutrally as he could.
"God, this is a mess. No matter how he got into this world, he needs you right now. You should bring this," Nyota said, grabbing the bear from the couch.
"James suggested the same thing," he said, taking the bear from her.
"And the man says he doesn't have parental instincts." Spock heard her say as he walked out the door with her following behind him.
"I swear to every omnipotent being in the galaxy that if she wasn't already dead I would kill her for this. How dare she pull some shit like this," Jim said as he walked back into sick bay after sending his initial report to Pike. Considering that from the security footage they knew that this was an inside job, he decided it would be best to avoid Jackson until they had a clue of what was going on. The fact that all signs of the ship that had obviously left with the remaining attackers had mysteriously disappeared worried him. Pike was the only one he really trusted.
"I see work has done little to calm you down." No, work did nothing to calm him down. No, it gave him more time to think about this entirely fucked up situation. Jim is not sure if he is madder at Carol for using Spock's DNA to make herself a child or for not telling Spock that he had a child. Jim knew better than anyone else how much Spock wanted children. Jim was terrified of children and now he has one because of the evil one. Yes, technically that child was Spock's, but if Spock has a child then Jim has a child. They were a team.
"Well, it's a little hard to calm the fuck down when you're trying to find out who killed about 40 scientists including the one who had a child with my husband without his consent or knowledge by most likely pilfering his sperm," Jim said, looking at the door. Poor kid. He wondered if the 2 ½-year-old will remember this day. He hoped not.
"Do you have any leads on what happened down there?" Bones asked.
"According to the surveillance footage, it was an inside job. One of their own went rogue. The computers are trying to do a visual analysis against the Starfleet database but it's taking a while. The DNA tests on the victims are more important than ever. Whoever isn't dead most likely was responsible for everyone else being dead. How much longer?" Jim said with a sigh.
"We should have everyone processed in an hour. It was more important that we take care of baby boy Marcus." The name alone may Jim cringe. He liked to pretend that little child in there had nothing to do with that woman.
"Don't call him that. If I hear her name right now, I may break something. He is Spock's son. Also, according to the surveillance footage his first name is David." Of course, the evil one had to name him one of Spock's and his top baby name choices. Yes, despite the thought of actually having children terrifying Jim, he still had names picked out just in case Spock won the argument.
"You can barely pronounce your full last name; I don't know how you expect me or a three-year-old to do it." Bones said sarcastically.
"Try David Kirk for now or just David. I know you can pronounce that," Jim said sarcastically.
"You're more okay with this than I thought you would be," Bones said as he pulled something up on his screen.
"I'm not okay with this. But I can't be mad at an innocent two-year-old, especially one that's half Spock. Even though I think his mother is a monster, she was still his mother." His eyes started to water at the thought.
The scene earlier made him realize the real reason why he was afraid to have a child with Spock; he didn't want to leave another child behind like his father left him. Actually, like his mother left him. He was an orphan. Jim hated growing up without a father and he didn't want to do that to his own kids. Actually, he didn't want to leave Spock alone to raise their children if one day a mission went horribly wrong. He saw how hard everything was on his mom. Maybe that's why she fell head over heels for the asshole.
How exactly were they going to tell a 2 ½-year-old that his mom was not only dead but murdered by a supposed colleague? He really can't relate because he always knew his father was dead.
"If the situation was reversed and one of my previous 'relationships' showed up with the results of a one night stand that went badly, Spock would be there for me. He would also treat any child as his own because he's just that type of good person," Jim continued.
"We know he would do that. Remember when that crazy woman was all over TV claiming that she had your love child," Bones said, referring to that foolish woman who sued him last year claiming that he was the father of her daughter when Jim actually never met the woman before.
"Turns out she was just trying to get money from me, but Spock was supportive. If we found out about this before Carol died we would have suited her for full custody. If Nyota told me exactly what Carol said to her at the wedding, I would have asked for a DNA test." He was kicking himself for that. They just should have known she was there for some evil purpose.
"You could not have anticipated something like this happening. I mean, the last time your husband had sex with her was about five years before she got pregnant," Bones said, trying to be reassuring this time.
"Thanks to my husband's baby kick, I know all the ways you can get pregnant and the majority of them don't even require sex. Even you told me about a possibility that I did not consider. She didn't even need to get Spock's actual sperm. A blood sample would have work if she decided on genetic engineering. She probably went the engineering route because she was just that type of person. Nyota did say that she treated the pregnancy as some sort of science experiment," Jim said bitterly.
"After identifying all the victims, can you please do a profile on my stepson? I don't trust his biological mom," Jim said, wanting to know if there were any little surprises in store for him and his husband.
"I'll take care of it," Bones said just as Christine walked in. Technically she was working as a nurse because she was still in med school. Due to the shortage caused by the Nero incident, a lot of cadets were finishing their Academy training on-the-job, so to speak. Christine was one of these. She would be finishing her certification during their extended time on earth.
"Mr. Marcus just woke up and he's asking for someone named Becky, a teddy bear named Mister Spock, and his mother," she explained before going into Doctor mode.
"Fuck!" Jim wanted to cry. He also wanted to ban Christine from saying that name.
"Can I go in there?" Jim asked, not sure what to do. He should probably get Spock, but Jim knew that he was currently with Nyota who was right now trying to get Spock drunk on chocolate to help him deal with this whole mess. Nyota volunteered (Jim begged her) to tell him about David because Jim was not sure he could refrain from bad mouthing his husband's ex-girlfriend. She left to go there an hour ago, but it may have taken her a little while to work up to telling Spock what happened.
"Better you than me. I think I probably would just terrify the kid. I better call Doctor Cruz just in case," Bones said, referring to his husband's personal shrink. Doctor Cruz was actually very good with the Vulcan psyche although Jim wondered how good she was with a kid who just lost his mom and is about to find out he has a dad who is married to another guy. His head hurt badly.
"Where am I? Where's mommy?" David asked as Jim walked into the room. He wasn't that surprised that David could speak in complete sentences. Amanda's daughter T'Pay could do so when she was about two years old. Also, Jim heard some pretty embarrassing stories about what Spock said to some bastard who called him a derogatory name when he was three.
"You're on a big ship called Enterprise. I'm Captain Jim. Where you lived was attacked by bad people, so we came to help," Jim explained. The 2 ½-year-old just nodded his head.
"I'm sick?" The little boy asked, most likely recognizing that he was in a hospital or a doctor's office.
"You were unconscious for a little bit but you're okay now. The grumpy doctor will be here in a little bit to make sure you're okay. Just call him Doctor Bones. Another doctor name Margarita will be in soon too. She always keeps lollipops on her desk even though all her patients are grown-ups. She works with your daddy." Okay, Jim did not mean to tell the boy that. He almost cursed before he remembered he was dealing with a small child. See, this is why he should not be around small children.
"I mean…" Jim stops not sure what to say. How exactly do you explain to a two-year-old that his mother created him with genetic material from your husband without his consent? Jim was an adult and he did not completely comprehend what actually happened.
"Spock?" Okay, Jim was not expecting David to say that.
"You know your daddy's name is Spock?" David answered by nodding his head yes. Jim finally let go of the breath he had been holding. Then he remembered that Christine mentioned he had a stuffed animal name Mister Spock. Maybe Carol wasn't that cruel.
"So your mom told you about your daddy Spock?" Jim asked the boy, but he just shook his head no."
"Becky," the child answered. Jim assumed that the child was referring to Lieutenant Rebecca Murakami. Spock identified her body before Jim decided it was best for Spock to sit out this mission. Apparently, she was a good friend of Carol's before she screwed Spock over. She was the one who filled Spock in on Carol's intentions, if Jim remembers correctly.
"Do you want to meet Spock?" Jim asked. David nodded his head. He quickly sent a text message to Spock asking him to come quickly to sick bay and to bring the giant teddy bear that Jim could not bear to get rid of because Spock got it for him. (He didn't open their bond because he didn't want Spock to hear all his nasty thoughts about Carol.) At least, it would come in handy right now. Jim should probably send somebody down to the planet to get David's toys and other things.
After that, he decided to tell David some of Spock's finer points. He also decided it was best to tell David that he was married to his daddy Spock. The two-year-old didn't quite understand, but he was two. Of course, then he had to ask that question again before Spock got there.
"Where's mommy?" That question felt like a punch to the stomach.
"She's not here," Jim answered, not wanting to say the D word yet. He was waiting for Spock to arrive or at least for Doctor Cruz to come in to supervise so he did not actually traumatize the child.
"Aunt Becky?" Jim repressed the urge to curse at that question. He did not want to be here. He would rather deal with Nero again then tell this sweet little kid that his mom and Becky were dead. The sweetness must be all Spock or probably Amanda. It definitely didn't come from Carol. Although, it could be 'aunt' Becky's influence. She already seemed like a much nicer person than Carol, despite sacrificing her life for her child.
"Spock will be here in a few minutes. Let's do something fun," he suggested, trying to get David's mind off of the whereabouts of his mom and Becky.
"Sing a song." Jim knew lots of songs, probably because of his photographic memory, although the majority of them were not appropriate for a small child. Although he did remember one that his mom sang to him as a little kid. As an adult he discovered that she change the word friend to family.
"Okay, there's one song I remember from when I was little. My mom always sang it when I had trouble sleeping," Jim said, closing his eyes trying not to remember the last time he heard her voice.
"Where is your mommy?" Okay, Jim was really not liking the fact that Vulcan children develop speech so early.
"She died a few years ago," Jim said honestly.
"Died?" David said the word like a question.
"That means that a person is not alive anymore. Their body has stopped working. Okay, I'm not sure how to explain this to you. Doctor Margarita will be here soon and she can help." He hoped to God that the ship psychologist had worked with children before.
"Why dead?" David's question was missing a few words but he still understood. Maybe if he explained what happened to his mom, it might be a little easier to explain what happened to Carol.
"She was hurt by a very bad man and the doctors were not able to help her get better. His name was Frank Williams." At that moment, Bones dropped something in the background and started cursing. "Doctor Bones, the big grumpy doctor who needs to learn to not curse in front of small children, can help lots of people get better, but sometimes people are too sick and he cannot help. Sometimes a person's body just stops working when they get really old or sick." Jim closed his eyes trying not to see either his mother's body or Carol for that matter.
"You're sad," David said as he hugged him. Must be Becky, because he doubted that Carol would be a hugger.
"Yeah. It's okay to be sad. I miss my mom, but even though she's dead I know she loved me. Your mom loved you too," Jim said, completely positive that the small child would not pick up on him using the past tense. He hoped so, at least.
"Let me sing you a song my mommy used to sing to me, okay?"
David just nodded his head and Jim started to sing.*
"If you ever find yourself stuck in the middle of the sea,
I'll sail the world to find you"
Spock walked into the sick bay with Nyota and Doctor Cruz behind him.
"If he is already asking about Dr. Marcus, I think it would be better just to tell him the truth. It is not good to lie to children. If you say that she just went away he may feel abandoned," Dr. Cruz explained. Thankfully she did have a pediatric rotation prior to enlisting in Starfleet.
"If he had a maternal bond with her, he can feel her absence, but he is not old enough to process what that means. That may be why he continues to ask about her," Spock explained, remembering what he felt when his paternal grandfather died when he was four years old.
"You're going to have to meld with him at some point to check on that. You are the only one here that can. I'm going to have to consult some of the doctors on the colony who are more familiar with the sort of thing," Doctor Cruz said with a sigh.
"What about addressing the fact that he's Spock's son because 'she who we will not name' decided to 'borrow' Spock's genetic material without permission?" Nyota mentioned.
"It may be best not to tell him about the circumstances surrounding his conception. He may also feel that you don't want him. It may be hard for him to understand, being so young," Doctor Cruz said in a low voice.
"I'm an adult and I don't understand what the crazy B- women did. Great, I am not able to curse now that we have a small child on board. God da—oh, I hate you," Dr. McCoy said, joining their conversation. For some reason, the Doctor seemed more distant than normal.
"Technically, that type of language is inappropriate on a starship," Spock chastised automatically.
"Would you like me to tell everybody what you said at my birthday party when you broke the bathroom sink?" Nyota said, referring to what Spock said when he was having sex with Jim on the bathroom sink. Contrary to what they thought, it could not support James' weight.
"You understood that?" he asked, shocked. Spock knows for a fact he never taught her any of those words.
"Remember, I'm fluent in Vulcan, even the curse words."
"Can we get back to the kid? The good news is he knows who you are. Apparently, his aunt Becky told him about you because I have a feeling the b- that woman would not have told him anything. The bad news is he's asking about Becky and his mommy. Jim is resorting to turning old Bruno Mars' songs into lullabies." Apparently, Doctor David, this is Spock. Don't let the Vulcan exterior fool you. He's a big teddy bear. I know he didn't bring your Mister Spock, but you can borrow my Mister Bear," Jim said as the two-year-old quickly took the bear out of Spock's hand.
"You're daddy Spock?" The young child asked.
"Yes." Surprisingly, David's response was to hug him.
To be continued. Remember to give me feedback. Reviews, PMs and favorites make me wake up early and work on this story when I should be sleeping.
I also am taking song suggestions. This time I'm trying to do songs for characters and emotions.