Thank you to everybody who read or reviewed the last conversation. You're all fabulous.

From: Kevin KR

To: Spock's_cuddlebunny

Time arrived: 9/7/2260 00:00:01

Subject: Re: Email takes forever in space

Yes, the delay in letters is making things weird. We even had our video conference by the time I got your message. Peter was adorable, and Liz wants to cuddle him.

I've already written to Peter. I'm sure you know about that. I have not got a response yet, but fingers crossed. We decided not to overwhelm him and only send one letter at a time. I think Liz is responding next and that will leave mom for last. Mom can be a little overwhelming sometimes. I am not looking forward to her being on campus. I'm so glad I'm not on the engineering track, and I already did my basic science classes.

Peter's care package is ready to roll and will be hitching a ride with one of Liz's friends that were assigned to Enterprise for the semester. Don't worry; she's cool. I heard you're getting to the base during the first week of October. I added multiple comic book data chips. Boom and IW D stuff included. Okay, I may have included the complete collection of Darkwing Duck comics in there. A few of those issues got me through the dark hell of Tarsus. Yes, we are sending a lot of art supplies and toys, along with snacks. Okay, also a truckload of premium chocolate for your husband. I have a feeling that Liz had to work with her mom to get all that stuff delivered.

I've been hearing whispers of Enterprise getting a two-month assignment on new Vulcan. Okay, I listened to the Admiral discussing this during when I was at the office yesterday. I think your father-in-law might be pulling strings or conspiring with my future mother-in-law. Who knows. Regardless, I feel like your hubby is going to need a truckload of chocolate to deal with everything.

So baby D is adjusting to daycare. It helps that her BFF is there sometimes. Although, since daddy is taking a leave of absence to deal with custody shenanigans, she's only there when he is spending quality time with the lawyers. I have 50 credits on the Admiral getting him to agree to be the head of pediatric medicine of Yorktown by November at the latest. Tell Sulu that the custody case is in a moment of calm right now, but that's because they're getting ready to go to trial. Maybe. It's complicated. They go before the judge soon. I don't remember exactly when.

I survived finals. I don't know what my grades are yet. Although, I'm never taking another language class in summer. Seriously, why did I think this was a good idea on top of the internship and the babies? I'm making better choices next summer.

I think there's a good chance that I'm going to end up doing my semester on the ship over summer 2261. I was supposed to do it in February, but with the baby, I have to defer. But my advisor is a prick, and I am uncertain he will let me postpone until summer because heaven forbid, it looks like I'm getting any special treatment. That would be awful. I need a new advisor. Preferably one who doesn't think I'm at the Academy solely to ride your coattails.

Speaking of nepotism accusations, even though my brother is no longer Captain I can't apply for Enterprise because my brother-in-law is Captain. However, I am allowed to apply for the Hamilton, as long as I don't marry Liz before then. And considering if I do that before graduation, my brand-new mother-in-law will send me to Delta Vega, I know better. Pike suggested that I apply for the Discovery. Chris spent some time on that ship while you were at the Academy. So what are your opinions on the Discovery and the Captain? Any other ship suggestions. Anybody I should avoid?

Yes, we all know about the pregnancy. I lost a pair of shoes. Mom is happy for her friend. Chrissy is pissed, which gives me glee because I can't stand her. Like not everything is about you, and you should be supportive of your family. I can't believe I slept with her. Liz will never let me forget that terrible decision. She calls it my Mrs. Robinson phase. I had to look up the reference, and then we watched the original, not the remake from 2250. It wasn't quite that bad.

Now, on the other hand, our mom has been eager to help Nhi despite not being family. Okay, and it gets her away. I love her helping with babysitting. However, I can only do so many family movie nights when I would prefer to cuddle with my girlfriend after the baby falls asleep instead.

Mom is surprisingly still sober, which is probably why I put up with so many family movie nights. I was worried that finding out about Peter would drag everything out from Tarsus. But so far it's been relatively okay, only extra therapy sessions for everyone. Maybe the Academy job is right for her. Again, something else to focus on besides Sam related trauma.

Btw, she had to send a lawyer and bail money to Georgia. The Lee family is fucked up. I am genuinely surprised that Aunt Lee is as well-adjusted as she is. That family sees your therapist four times a week awful. The fact that she only sees her twice a week is an absolute miracle.

Her dad is an asshole, an abusive, controlling asshole. His only redeeming quality was he never molested his children. Hit them, trigger extreme bouts of internalized homophobia, get somebody fired from her law firm but not inappropriately touch. Even evil has some standards.

Oh, the Judge also showed up while we were packing and demanded that his daughter come back to him like she was some piece of property. I didn't mean to choke out the geriatric judge who is fucking someone who is my age. (I think my girlfriend might be older.) It just happened when he tried to attack his daughter (his full-grown daughter). After what I heard happen to Peter's aunt, I wasn't going to take any chances. Thanks for the Brazilian jujitsu classes.

So good news, Shawn is a God among all lawyers and got all the charges dismissed. Okay, it probably helps that Starfleet is looking at expanding their footprint in the Atlanta Metro and well the leaders have learned their lesson from mistakes made in the early 21st century. Or maybe we got a judge that just hated Judge Lee. Who knows.

Anyway, I'm taking this week to recover before classes start again. I'm taking mostly classes for the dip core. I don't have to take the Kobayashi Maru, which BTY is now an actual class with other requirements. Liz wants me on her crew, which she gets to choose entirely now. Since we are just dating and not married, I think it's going to be allowed. Liz wants me to be her first officer for the simulation. Apparently, I'm the person she trusts the most.

Xxxxx

From: Spock's_cuddlebunny

To: Kevin KR

Time sent: 9/7/2260 11:22:01

Subject: Re: Email takes forever in space

Okay, I seriously doubt that all you want to do is cuddle, but you're my baby brother, so I don't want to read more into that, bad hook up decisions notwithstanding. I am so sending Sue a copy of The Idiot's Guide to Nontraditional Families for her upcoming b-day. And we're sending Ben a copy of The Idiot's Guide to Surviving Your Former In-Laws. Yes, there's a chapter in the book about widowhood and complicated custody situations.

I am not surprised at all that you ended up getting arrested. Nor am I surprised that you had to ask Winona to get you out. She is probably not going to let that go for a very long time. The fact that you got arrested for defending someone should keep the lectures down to a minimum. Is some asshole going to try to bring you up before judiciaries even though charges were dropped? Judiciaries at Starfleet Academy are not fun. In between being related to Spock and me and dating the daughter of the head of Starfleet, I feel like they would be awful on you to prove that there is no nepotism. It's all such bullshit. BTW, get another advisor.

Spock says I'm not allowed to ask you what the fuck you were thinking by sleeping with Christina. I want to ask it so badly, but I'm not going to. Be thankful that my sex issues are the reason why I never actually slept with her. Still had to get a restraining order. Besides, I feel like Liz has already said everything I could say, and she can physically slap you upside your head. Your dating so up it's ridiculous. Don't Fuck things up with her. You can never do better than Liz ever.

Spock also says I can't forward you my asshole Captain list to you. Although, this is because Spock is halfway convinced that our emails are still being monitored, despite precautions. He recommends that you talk to Pike and your future mother-in-law. Although he does recommend the Discovery, possibly because the current captain was his foster sister for six months, she had no trouble going up against his bullies. Which may be why the Grayson family was only allowed to keep her with them for six months. We both agree that you shouldn't apply for the Hamilton because of nepotism accusations.

Yes, agreed to be Liz's first officer for her Kobayashi Maru trial. I was told it would be a bit different like there's a chance in hell of surviving in addition to the changes to make it more like an actual class than just a Academic mind fuck. A Tarsus level chance in hell of surviving, but you guys are pros at those types of situations.

What is the semester going to be like for you guys, balancing classes and baby D? I'm a little worried but with Ben taking a step back because of the custody bullshit does that mean he can help you guys?

I am glad she's still sober. She sent a letter last week. She's okay, and I'm so happy she's okay. She is also looking forward to seeing what happens while she's at the Academy. I bet you're glad you didn't listen to me when I tried to get you in the engineering track. Now you won't have to cross her path.

Work currently consists of 90% HR stuff as we get ready for the October switch out. We're losing 20% of our current crew with only 15% of it being replaced. We are also getting 50 cadets, despite our deep space mandate. I hate HR stuff. Spock was so much better at it.

I was supposed to spend a week on the planet with the surveying team, but we decided to send Sulu in my place. Okay on day one Peter had a panic attack, and then Spock panicked a lot, and there was crying, and we decided Sulu could be in charge, and I would do HR so I could stay on the ship were my kid could find me if he has a nightmare. I am so glad that nobody got stranded in a cave, this time. Separation anxiety is something that we're going to have to work on so much. I should know better. You were like a clingy koala for the first year.

Yes, I know about the letter to Peter. I had to teach him how to recall. Turns out that's not possible with outside messages. Also, Spock made me make sure Peter wasn't subjected to the bug that forwards his letters to people even if you don't hit the send button. I mean that's how we ended up together, but apparently, that's a no from the spouse. I should not be surprised.

I am looking forward to October in getting our box of goodies. Spock thanks you in advance for the chocolate. We're going to need it because I'm sure we are going to be spending quality time on the colony again. Well, he's going to need it. I get Vulcan headache medication. I need Blondie's right now. (If I can get a babysitter to watch Peter while I indulge, so that's not happening anytime soon.)

We're getting three more kids. Fingers crossed we get no one anywhere near as awful as Jeremy. If I ever find out who cursed us with Jeremy, I will make their life as miserable as humanly feasible.

Anyway, I have a family session with margarita right now that I need to get to because Peter is a clingy Kuala bear.

To be continued