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Earth date 25th December 2270, Earth-Farnham, Surrey, England
"By the powers invested in me by Starfleet and the Federation, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss each other...again."
The crowd broke out in laughter and applause as they watched the new Mrs and Mrs James Kirk salute each other for the second time since the ceremony. Earlier Captain Kirk so overwhelmed by his beautiful bride, eagerly ran towards her as she walked down the aisle and gave her tonsils a workout and grabbed her behind.
Vice-Admiral Pike laughed as he jokingly reprimanded him, "Hey come back. We have not come to that part of the service yet Captain."
Kirk had ignored him, he was forever one to bend the rule book. Who said he couldn't kiss his soon to be wife before they took their vows?
Pike understood how he felt, his own wife Seria was seated not too far from him with their children. They had a Vulcan/Earth ceremony five years ago. He might have done the same thing himself, if he was not scared stiff of his clan matriarch and his Vulcan father in law.
Dr. Leonard McCoy, one of the best men had rolled his eyes, about to make a smart remark or two before his own wife mentally reminded him how in his haste to claim her they eloped 5.2 months ago whilst on shore leave to New Vulcan and had their own ceremony.
The other best man, Captain Spock looked amusingly at his friend. His aduna fellow officer Uhura, had kissed her teeth and whispered to T'Shira McCoy. "The man can't help making a spectacle of himself".
"Indeed," replied T'Shira, "However I take it this means Janice Rand wins the pool on the length of time the Captain cannot keeps his hands away from Dr Marcus on his wedding day?
"Dammit, yes" Uhura chuckled in return.
The 2nd five year mission was over. The crew were on six month leave. Captain Jim Kirk and Dr Carol Marcus had chosen a special winter festival to hold their nuptials. It meant that friends and family would spend the holidays in a small English town, surrounded by snow. The gods had blessed them with a White Christmas. For the Andorian guests it was a warm spring day, for the Vulcans it was literally bogozh (hell) on Earth.
The Enterprise crew were prepared to sacrifice time with family for this special occasion. But then after ten years together through thick and thin and near death experiences they were more than colleagues, they were also family. Many of them would go their separate ways and not take a third mission with the flagship. Both Kirk and Marcus were moved at the occasion, they had come a long way as a couple, on again, off again, then on again plus learning to deal with their familial demons, but it had brought them closer together and led to this moment.
On this special day getting married was the best Christmas gift they could give each other. Plus as Carol admitted at her hen party it was a guaranteed way for Kirk to never forget their anniversary!
Author's Notes
Bogozh - hell
In my ST universe Starfleet officers from captain upwards have the legal powers to conduct weddings on land, sea and space.
Sorry this ain't great and it's pretty short. I ran out of ideas and since Christmas has come and gone I felt it best to end the story as soon as possible. Compliments of the season to you and all the best for 2015.