If Jim wanted to get some time to work out, it had to be late in the day after the sun had set and the cool air was starting to come with the sun's leaving or it had to be early in the morning before the rising sun started to heat up the air. So there he was, early come morning before he would head out for the trial. Things seemed to almost be
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So he had taken the car before dawn and headed out into the city, grabbing a smoothie through an automatic drive-through before simply following the resonating pings towards the Starfleet sanctioned quarters, and where he assumed Jim and Leonard would be staying. It thrummed so strong, stronger than it had in several days, and it pleased him, until he considered why he was here in the first place.
The car was parked, the engine turned off, and already the edges of the windows were frosting up...Spock stayed where he was. He finished off the rest of the smoothie while he stared off towards the sand, eyes unblinking on the moving figure until he was sucking up air through the straw.
Eik-veshtaya to'ovau kau, Spock thought to himself as he got out ( ... )
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Eventually, during another one of his kata, Jim spotted the lone figure moving towards him as dark and sleek as a le'matya. The creature he had never seen with his own two eyes, but he knew the sight. He let out a breath and finished the kata before he turned to Spock, standing there in the cool sand and sweating.
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"...Jim." He still felt restless, heart beating too fast, as if he had run down the beach to meet him and had met a dead stop in the sand. "Do you have time to converse with me?" He should have brought a second drink, would have if he had known Jim would be exercising...
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He walked over to a small pile of things, feeling his heart racing from his workout as well as a whole new addition of adrenaline pumping from Spock's arrival. There was a towel and a water bottle, and he grabbed both. The towel was thrown over his shoulder and he wiped his brow while taking a fast swig from the bottle.
His eyes met Spock's, remembering another beach light years away, and waited for Spock to talk first.
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