Fandom: Star Trek TOS
Pairing: Kirk, Spock
Word Count: 100 (including title word)
Drabbles Completed: 5/20
Spoilers: The Galileo Seven contrasted with The Tholian Web. The differences in crew and command in those two episodes have always struck me; I may do a oneshot at some point on the progression.
#12 – Unsure
He did not desire command, especially when attained through the death of the only man his human half pleased, and his Vulcan half dared, to call friend. Still, he had learned much since the Taurus II shuttle-mission.
His sincere welcome to the returning crewmen was met with sympathetic return to business; far different from the near-mutiny years before.
It was not until he sat in the borrowed chair, preparing an impossible gamble, that he realized he had learned to command more than just crewmen – now, respect.
He could only hope to have opportunity for thanking his patient teacher.