Ficlet: Not the Desert, Not Repenting (Amanda/Sarek, R)

[igrockspock]

Title: Not the Desert, Not Repenting
Author: igrockspock
Pairing: Amanda/Sarek
Rating: R
Summary: Sarek and Amanda, alone in a moment of the night. Inspired by the Mary Oliver poem "You do not have to be good / you do not have to walk on your knees / for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting./ You only have to let the soft animal of your

Comments

[chaletian]

I love how Sarek doesn't really understand a lot about Amanda, but he finds her important enough to try, and seems to sort of reconstruct his logic around her. Lovely writing, as always.

[igrockspock]

Thank you so much :)

[nemo_r]

Just gorgeous, I can't believe these two are fast becoming my favourite pairing!

[igrockspock]

Thank you! They are one of my new favorites too!

[secretsolitaire]

Ooh, I love that poem! And what a gorgeous fic this is.

This is the way of Vulcan: one partner's weaknesses mitigated by the other's strengths. But she will not understand the gesture for what it is. She will think it a criticism, a disruption of the moment she had intended to share with him.

I really liked this moment, both the insight itself and the way Sarek is clearly making an effort to relate to Amanda in a way that's important to her.

[igrockspock]

Thank you so much :)

[wendelah1]

This is both sweet and very sexy, not an easy combination. I like the imagery of baking bread, kneading the dough, the messiness of it and the sensuality. Also how that is echoed in how Sarek wants to resist how complicated (messy!) Amanda is making his life but he just can't.

[igrockspock]

Thank you! This pairing is important to me, so it means a lot that you liked the story.

[azephirin]

Mmm, I like this. :)

[igrockspock]

Thank you!