lah_mrh: Rocket in flight (turnabout intruder)
lah_mrh ([personal profile] lah_mrh) wrote2011-10-30 05:42 pm

Cold

Fandom: Star Trek TOS
Pairing: Kirk/Spock
Rating: PG
Summary: Missing scene from The Wrath of Khan. Drabble.
Words: Exactly 150
Notes: Written for the [livejournal.com profile] comment_fic prompt: heat of life vs coldness of death.


Spock is cold.

Somehow that's the part that seems most wrong. Not the stillness of the chest, not the visible radiation burns, not even the aching emptiness in his mind. No, it's the unnatural coolness of Spock's skin that finally brings the tears.

Almost from the moment they met, Spock has meant warmth, and Kirk chokes back a sob as it hits him that never again will Spock be warm. Never again will he argue with Spock over what temperature to keep the apartment, or be forced to wander around in his underwear because Spock has a cold and needs the heat on full, or wake up in the middle of the night, overheated because his Vulcan husband has curled against him in his sleep.

Kirk's vision blurs and he buries his face in his hands, thinking that he would give anything if only he could feel that heat again.

[identity profile] age-of-green.livejournal.com 2011-10-31 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, now I'm crying. (and as far as I'm concerned, ST 3 makes everything better, Hearts and Minds is canon-loved that one too by the way-and everybody rides off into the sunset to live happily ever after.)

[identity profile] lah-mrh.livejournal.com 2011-10-31 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm glad you liked it!

ST 3 makes everything better

Yes, yes it does, although it's a little sad that it takes Spock so long to remember everything.

Thanks for the review, and I'm glad to know you liked Hearts and Minds as well. :)