Title: Second Star to the Right
Author:
jaylee_gPairing: Kirk/Spock
Rating: Pg-13
Status: Complete
Word Count: 7,067
Universe: AU - modern day setting
Summary: Did the Nazca build the Nazca lines on their own, or did they, perhaps, have help?
Excerpt: “Do you think there is life out there?” he’d asked back then, on the cusp of thirteen, his voice breaking as the onset of puberty reared its ugly head, and his eyes looking through the lens of his gift to land on her for the first time. 40 Eridani A.
“I’m sure of it,” his grandfather had answered, looking up towards the sky. “The universe is a big place, what we see with our eyes only but an insignificant, tiny portion of it.”
“Not so insignificant, Grandfather,” Jim muttered to his memories, leaning back in his chair, while his eyes remained trained on the one star. "We were apparently significant enough to be left a map."
Notes: Written for, and originally published in, T'hy'la #32
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Second Star to the Right