Sea / Drift, p/no, drabble
Pairing: Pike/Number One
Summary: It is the last thing he wants to see before he dies.
Rating: PG
Author's Note: An unlikely posting after a long hiatus (er, it's not really a hiatus when you're slammed by RL but anyway...). Trying to get my feet wet again and make amends to taraljc for my delay in posting a *real* Pike/Number One fic.
Disclaimer: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by those associated with the Star Trek franchise. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Sea / Drift
In the dark, dripping wet of the Romulan spaceship, all he sees is a sea of blue. Even as his mind drifts away from him, he focuses on the color behind closed eyelids. It is the last thing he wants to see before he dies.
He does not remember much of the in-between, of saving Kirk or returning to the Enterprise. He isn’t even quite sure where he is when he wakes up at Starfleet Medical back in San Francisco. But all that doesn’t matter when he sees her eyes.
“You are here,” he croaks.
She takes his hand without looking down. “I am here,” she says evenly.
And her blue eyes remain with him as he drifts off to sleep.