Star Trek Fic; K/S Interlude
Fandom: Star Trek: 2009
Pairing: Kirk x Spock
Rating: PG-13
Genre: AU/AR, friendship, pre-slash, general
Warnings: My very first Trek story, English isn't my first language, it isn't beta read (so beware of typos and some grammar errors), it is an AU/AR with the characters of the Star Trek 2009 movie.
Summary: "Spock joins Starfleet to explore his human-side, and in his search he finds…Jim Kirk, the very definition of Human."
Continuation of: http://surrenderdammit.livejournal.com/22564.html#cutid1
Part II in a series.
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INTERLUDE
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"Why is he with him?"
"They're so weird! I mean, they're so different. What could they possibly have in common?"
"Opposites attract, sure, but this is just ridiculous…"
"He's such a bastard! Going through girls like they're clothes! What's a Vulcan doing with someone like that? Do you think he's, like, secretly the same?"
"He's so hot, and you'd think he'd appreciate the good stuff when he saw it. But he's always with him so he's got no time to notice me, apparently! It's a relationship doomed to fail! I swear!"
"Is he his only friend? That's so sad! I mean, he doesn't have any problems getting around, but a Half-Vulcan…he should just break it up before even that one friend is gone too!"
"You think it's strange too? Yeah, I don't get it either."
Spock raised a brow, something Jim had claimed to be his standard reaction to most situations that puzzled him. In the year it had taken the human to finally apply to the Academy, they had grown closer in a way Spock had never experienced. He thought he now understood the appeal of friendship, or at least, the friendship which Jim had offered him. The 'other best friend', labeled so by Jim himself, Leonard McCoy was….very different. It was an illogical contradiction of mutual respect and dismay of the other.
"It would appear that they do not believe we are compatible," he finally commented, the last disgruntled whisper leaving with the group of young first years cadets. Jim startled by his side, meeting hide gaze in confusion. He had not heard what Spock had; with his human ears it had been too low of a sound.
"Who?" Jim asked, temporary thrown off by the seemingly random statement before composing himself with a playful grin and nudging Spock's ribs with his elbow. "Such fools! Where are they? Let me at them!"
Spock leveled the human with a flat stare, finding he had to look away to keep his blank mask in place at the radiant amusement coming from his friend. "Jim," he began, reckoning he should clarify before Jim started asking more questions. "It would appear some of these cadets do not wish for us to be 'friends'. They have been speaking of it in unnecessary attempts at secrecy for the past 7.5 weeks of your enrollment."
He didn't look surprised this time, but his smile faded regrettably. "Really? Why's that Spock?"
"It would appear that they do not, as you human express it, 'like' me."
It was not something which bothered him, although it often left him wondering what qualities that he possessed determined him as 'unlikable' or 'likable'. It was information that could come to benefit him at some point, if he were to achieve a most efficient working relationship aboard a starship mainly run by humans. It would indeed help if he knew what to do to gain this illogical emotional notion of his person.
The harsh laugh was unexpected, jolting him from his thoughts, and Spock eyed the human by his side curiously.
"What?" Jim exclaimed. "They can't dislike you when they've never taken the chance to get to know you, Spock! This is just them being illogical. Ignore it." He paused to gently touch his arm, as he sometimes did and which always was as new as the first and nudged his mental shields like no touch ever had. "Besides, I like you! So, it's my opinion against theirs. Obviously, I'll will this round."
Titling his head, Spock agreed. "Indeed, Jim."
He was unsuccessful to fully hide his smile.
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If Spock had been a bit apprehensive about graduating and rising to Commander, it had been a most illogical addition to the list of things to be dealt with during meditation. He secured a place as an instructor easily enough, reasoning that he needed more experience before joining the crew of a Starship. That Jim had two years left on his speeded program, which Spock himself had undertaken with ease, and were unfazed by their now greater difference in rank were proof of this illogical reaction. In fact, apart from their schedules, little had changed. Spock was…pleased.
"Oh hot damn! Look at that! It's Uhura!" Jim said through an appalling mouthful of minced meat, stabbing his fork jerkily in the direction over Spock's left shoulder. Involuntary startled, he followed Jim's pointed cutlery, eying the young female cadet before turning back to his meal with a lowered gaze. "She is aesthetically appealing."
"Come on Spock, she's more than that! Hey, isn't she in your class? The first year cadets?" Jim said, turning his attention back to Spock, which left him an illogical sense of victory. What he'd won, Spock did not know.
"She is indeed. A quite exceptional cadet in her major; there a few of her peers who match her linguistic skills," he remarked, carefully spearing a crisp piece of vegetable on his own fork. Jim hummed, watching him as he took his bite, his lips quirking as they sometimes had a wont to do.
"You know, she really hates me," the cadet remarked after a few moments of silence, having devoured most of his meal by then. "But I think she really likes you." Spock raised a brow at the blunt statement.
"No, I confess, I did not know," he replied, continuing before Jim could explain. "She has been on nothing but a respectful behavior in my presence indeed, although I realize this is probably due to my position as Commander."
Jim laughed; opening his mouth to comment, but Spock cut him short. "However, I doubt that cadet Uhura is in the possession of all the data required in forming a somewhat true opinion of you, Jim."
"Yeah, damn straight! She needs to get her facts right," he smiled, and Spock thought there was another victory in there too.
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Sorry this has taken so long! I'm still alive and breathing, and will return with more drabbles (KenKao too!) very soon! :) For now, I'll just post what I have haha :P