Path: newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!prodigy.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsread.com!newsstand.newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated Approved: ascem@earthlink.net Organization: Better Living Thru TrekSmut Sender: ascem@earthlink.net Message-ID: From: "trivawolfe" MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list ASCEML@yahoogroups.com; contact ASCEML-owner@yahoogroups.com Subject: NEW TOS: Hunting the Ambassador: A Warming of Relations, 2/2 [NC-17] K/Sa, Sa/Am Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lines: 759 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:55:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.198.142.218 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1096116909 209.198.142.218 (Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:55:09 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:55:09 EDT Xref: news.earthlink.net alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated:84778 X-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:55:11 PDT (newsspool2.news.atl.earthlink.net) See Disclaimers in Part 1 ---ooOoo--- Kirk drove them to his apartment and noticed Sarek's seeming lack of=20 focus and regular but slight hesitations, as if continually=20 reorienting himself. As they stepped into the apartment, Kirk=20 closed the door then stepped in front of Sarek blocking him, "You've=20 seen a healer?" "Only yesterday. He prescribed bed rest and limited activity." "And so you attended the reception, and plan on more sex." Kirk=20 raised an eyebrow at him. "I am who I am, Admiral." "James, Sarek, please." Kirk smiled to soften the sting of his=20 irritated tone. Sarek nodded. "Of course." Kirk led him to the couch. "Sit and I will bring you tea." "That would be acceptable." He had that glimmer in his eye again. He noticed that Sarek had not taken off his robe and so Kirk=20 adjusted the temperature up several degrees. As he brought their tea out, he noticed Sarek was entranced by the=20 view through the almost floor-to-ceiling windows. He slipped behind=20 Sarek on the couch and bade him to lean back against him as Kirk=20 massaged his shoulders. His shoulder muscles felt like rocks. "Are=20 you always this tight?" "My mind so often wants rest lately, yet my body won't=85cooperate.=20=20 And meditation has been troublesome since Amanda's death." Kirk had an idea. "How comfortable are you in water?" He=20 remembered Spock's horror at Kirk's request that he join him in his=20 Jacuzzi. He had heard that most Vulcans were skittish in more than=20 a few inches of water. He remembered a joke about bathing cats and=20 Vulcans, and smiled. Sarek looked confused. "My wife taught me to swim before we were=20 married, and I have done so several times." "How about sitting in hot water?" Sarek paused at that and seemed to be considering something. "I=20 have joined my wife in bubble baths." Kirk smiled at the image as well as the likely consequences. "No=20 bubbles, but some nice water jets to stimulate and relax the=20 muscles." Sarek paused again. "Are you sure this is not more sexual than=20 therapeutic, James." His tone sounded amused. Kirk smiled. "It can be both." "If you could massage something other than my shoulders, I could=20 likely adapt to this water-filled appliance." Kirk laughed. "Did your wife ever mention that you might be=20 oversexed?" "She complained of that often, but did not seem unhappy when she=20 did." Kirk laughed again and realized that though Sarek looked reflective,=20 perhaps even transported, he did not appear so pained by that memory=20 of her. He filled the Jacuzzi with water just hot enough that he could stand=20 it, dimmed the lights, set some soft classical music playing, turned=20 on the holo field of stars above and fetched his patient. He helped=20 Sarek strip and step in, then settled him into an array of jets=20 trained on his neck, shoulders and back, before stripping himself=20 and settling in next to him with a couple glasses of merlot for=20 them, and the bottle within easy reach. Sarek sank down and let his head lay back on the pillowed edge that=20 adjusted for each person's comfort and stared up at the=20 stars. "Imaginative," he said. Kirk looked at Sarek with a mischievous glint in his eye. Sarek caught it and looked curious. "You have reconsidered the=20 alternate massage?" His eyes glazed at the possibility. Kirk cleared his throat and blushed slightly as he shook his head.=20=20 Tonight had surprised him and led him to wonder about how many=20 sexual adventures Sarek had had in his life, since the experience on=20 the balcony had not seemed to affect him adversely. He was still so=20 very curious=85 "Ambassador?" Sarek looked up at the use of his title, appearing a bit annoyed,=20 but the smile on Kirk's face alerted him to another reason for its=20 use. "My wife liked to use the title `Mr. Ambassador' when her=20 thoughts turned to sex." Kirk laughed at that, then blushed as he remembered several times=20 when she had done exactly that in Kirk's presence, realizing they=20 had likely taken off for that purpose when Sarek had said she=20 required `rest'. He wondered how many children they would have had=20 if Amanda had not lost her ability to conceive after Spock was=20 born. He reoriented his thoughts from the hypothetically ever- pregnant Amanda to the question that had percolated up through his=20 lust. "Where's the strangest place you've had sex?" he asked,=20 doubtful he'd get a straight answer, if any answer at all. But there was a glint in Sarek's eye, and Kirk realized he still had=20 hopes of more sex that night, so perhaps he was being more=20 cooperative to influence Kirk, or perhaps he thought a story of sex=20 might bring Kirk over to his side of the Jacuzzi. "My wife and I put much effort into trying to ascertain a way to=20 copulate in the Federation Council chambers." Kirk spit wine across the water, and laughed hard at that. "I will=20 never see or hear of a Council meeting without thinking of that now!" "We almost completed the act in Amanda's father's barn before we=20 were married." Kirk started laughing again. Sarek continued, "But he interrupted us." Kirk's mouth dropped open. "He was not pleased with me on that occasion." Kirk laughed again. "I can imagine." Sarek finished his glass of wine and Kirk snagged the bottle and=20 refilled it. Sarek looked over at Kirk. Kirk's eyebrows rose. "My wife did insist on christening every room in the house on our=20 honeymoon." Kirk's eyebrows lifted. "That's a lot of rooms." He tried to=20 imagine where they christened the room he'd stayed in, and decided=20 likely not the bed=85to pedestrian, and smiled again. "But that is likely mundane now that I remember hearing that it is a=20 custom for human couples as well." Sarek's eyes lit up and he=20 said, "Ah!", which sounded too casual an utterance for him. "Would=20 you like the description in detail?" Sarek asked, his eyes=20 glittering. God yes, Kirk thought, already getting a hard-on and trying to=20 remind himself that these were Spock's parents he was hearing about,=20 to calm himself. "That would be more exciting," he said, sending an=20 apology up to Amanda, but realizing she was likely laughing and=20 rooting for them to go at it in the Jacuzzi. She was always a good=20 sport, he remembered, and would want to see Sarek relaxed and=20 frustration-free. Hell, she probably would have liked to at least=20 watch now that she couldn't participate. "Amanda's parents were visiting us on Vulcan. Spock was about=20 fourteen and had just left for school. We had assumed Amanda's=20 parents were not awake yet due to the time difference and the long=20 trip." Kirk guffawed at the `assumed'. "I was about to head into the embassy to clear away some work so we=20 could spend most of the day and evening with her parents. I stepped=20 out to the greenhouse to take my leave of her and attend to a few=20 details. When I stepped in, she hadn't noticed me. I watched her=20 as she leaned over her tomato saplings. She was wearing thin, tight=20 pants that looked too short, but perhaps it was the fashion. She=20 had streaks of mud up her calves, and up her arms, above her breasts=20 and along her cheek. Her hair had fallen in little strands about=20 her shoulders as she struggled to plant the saplings." Sarek paused. Kirk watched his face as he told the story, seeing the excitement=20 grow in him and the memory His eyes grew afire now. "I noticed a few beads of sweat tracing their way down her neck, and=20 how the mist of her spraying had dampened her pale blouse so that I=20 could see the outline of her nipples." His breathing had=20 accelerated. He looked up at Kirk, "This is not making you=20 uncomfortable, being that she is=85was=85 Spock's mother?" Kirk smiled at that. "After fucking his father numerous times? Not=20 more than it's exciting me. I won't be repeating it for him=85" At=20 this Kirk saw Sarek lips quirk at that then he controlled the=20 impulse as quickly. "Continue=85please." "She turned then, and looked surprised to see me standing there, not=20 having let her know I was watching her. She smiled, I remember, and=20 then looked concerned at my staring at her. She informed me later=20 that she had never seen such an intense stare. Then she saw my=20 erection pressing into my pants, which I hadn't even thought about.=20=20 She looked surprised as I approached. I believe she inferred my=20 intention because she said, "My parents=85 "My mind was=85on my need. I remember leaning down and kissing her.=20=20 Of not getting enough contact and wanting to feel all of her that=20 moment. When we touched, my frustration crossed our bond and=20 excited her more, and I remember pressing my erection into her, her=20 hand pulling at the fastener of my pants. I was pulling at hers.=20=20 With much of our clothing pulled away, I mounted her there among the=20 saplings. I was grabbing for purchase and felt mud beneath us, and=20 grabbed at the stalks of the larger plants as I thrust into her. I=20 remember her hands were wet with mud and that seemed to only excite=20 me more, and she realized this and offered up more between us."=20=20 Sarek cleared his throat and blushed slightly as he peered up at=20 Kirk. Kirk had forgotten his wine as it almost tipped into the Jacuzzi. Sarek straightened it for him. "My story is acceptable then?" Kirk nodded with a glazed look. "I felt her hands grabbing me and pulling me into her. Heard her=20 moaning and crying out my name, as I must have been crying out=20 hers. I heard myself, but was not aware of what I said. I heard=20 her cry out in her orgasm as she reached and pulled what turned out=20 to be one of the larger tomato plants completely out of the ground=20 and atop us. I remember almost scrambling among the debris as it=20 shifted beneath me. Thrusting so hard I was afraid I would hurt=20 her, but I couldn't stop, and then felt an orgasm like no other, and=20 I cried out, too loudly, before I realized again where we were." Sarek closed his eyes and swallowed before continuing. Neither=20 noticed Kirk's wine dribbling into the Jacuzzi. "I must have passed out momentarily due to the intensity of the=20 climax. That had only happened before when Amanda seduced me on our=20 first date." Sarek froze, realizing too late what he had said. His=20 expression of bewildered apoplexy made it clear he had not meant to=20 divulge that piece of information. "The wine seems to have=20 inhibited my judgment." Kirk smiled at the slip, Sarek's realization of it, and the=20 explanation of how Amanda had gotten beyond his austere reserve. He=20 had always wondered how that step was breached. "I awakened on top of my wife, feeling her try to shift and wake me,=20 hearing Spock's name being called by Amanda's mother, and hearing=20 him walk by the entrance to the greenhouse. He must have been on=20 his way to find his mother and walked up to the door." Underneath his unconscious and half-naked father, Kirk couldn't help=20 thinking, and getting excited by how close they came to being=20 discovered, not to mention the idea of fucking into oblivion and how=20 excited Sarek had to be. He had seen him very excited and he had=20 never lost consciousness. Kirk had to consider that for future=20 reference, a future goal. If he could find out what so excited=20 Sarek, he would like to lead him to that oblivion. Kirk, also, could not imagine how a 14-year-old Spock would have=20 reacted had he discovered his half-naked father collapsed upon his=20 mother. Likely, he would have assumed his father had had some sort=20 of violent seizure, tearing his and his wife's clothes off before he=20 collapsed upon her. He probably would have called Amanda's parents,=20 as well as emergency personnel. "Oh, Jesus." Kirk couldn't help but beam with amusement. "There is more," Sarek said. He blushed faintly again. "We put our=20 clothes back on as best as we could, noticing the mud all over us,=20 as well as the large tear in Amanda's pants." Kirk started laughing again. "But with the condition of the tomato plants, we decided to explain=20 that there was a small accident involving a nearby ladder and some=85 slippage." "A lot of slippage, actually." Kirk couldn't help it and laughed=20 aloud again. Sarek looked away at that. "We approached the house, seeing her=20 father come down the stairs. He seemed unnaturally happy that=20 morning before he even saw us." Kirk chortled at this. "He looked us over and asked very seriously if we had had an=20 accident in the greenhouse. He looked strangely at us. I couldn't=20 pin down what it was about it. We said yes, and Amanda went on to=20 try to explain this 'accident' to her father, who is=85was=85 a very=20 intelligent and perceptive man." Kirk smiled, imagining the punch line. "She was a worse liar than=20 you are." Sarek blinked rapidly and shook his head. "Much worse. As we=20 attempted to escape to our bedroom to clean up and change clothes,=20 her father stopped us. He asked if I could explain the physics of=20 the accident later and winked at me. Then he mentioned that the=20 greenhouse roof had the interesting property of transmuting from=20 opaque to transparent depending on the angle of the observer, and=20 that perhaps Amanda might follow me up the stairs in case Spock=20 should happen in." Kirk had a big grin, and couldn't help but wish he had stood where=20 Amanda's father had stood when he realized what was occurring and=20 watched the entire show of Sarek gloriously and enthusiastically=20 fucking his wife in the mud. "But that last remark=85" Sarek didn't meet his eyes. "I had muddy imprints of Amanda's hands=20 on the=85back of my pants." Kirk couldn't hold it in. He laughed so hard Sarek had to grab the=20 remains of his wine before the glass broke in the Jacuzzi. He tried=20 to clear his mind of the images of fervent, rapturous fucking and=20 Sarek passed out upon his wife from climax blackout. Kirk looked perplexed by one detail. "I had thought Spock had left=20 for school?" Sarek looked uncomfortable. "My son had played a practical joke the=20 days previous to that. It had caught up to him that morning and he=20 was suspended for the day." Kirk had a broad grin on his face. "Spock had led me to believe he=20 was the paragon of virtue growing up." Sarek's eyebrows climbed high at that. "My wife claimed=20 that `Vulcans should not be let out of the womb until they reached=20 their twenties, to save Vulcan much of its misery'. There are many=20 who have made similar pronouncements. Kirk laughed, imagining Amanda's consternation and Sarek's=20 bemusement at the pronouncement. "Except *her child*, of course," Sarek added. Kirk smiled. "That goes without saying." "Spock caused many difficulties, in any given week, but I would not=20 have traded those days for anything. He has mellowed to an=20 extraordinary extent." As has the father, Kirk couldn't help but think. They each finished their wine and settled into the jets. Kirk=20 stared over at Sarek and subdued his impulse to reach between his=20 legs. He wanted Sarek to rest first, and turning this Vulcan's=20 thoughts to sex could easily become an all-night affair he'd=20 discovered on their earlier rendezvous, at least this Vulcan. He=20 could get to that tomorrow. He wondered if Sarek had any pressing=20 engagements the next day and if he shouldn't check in with the=20 embassy. "Sarek?" "Yes, James." Kirk noticed he sounded relaxed already. "Should you check in with=20 the embassy?" "My security detail always knows where I am," he said softly. Kirk raised his eyebrows at the idea of that, but realized it had=20 likely always been that way. He wondered if they were Vulcan, and=20 if he could spot them if he tried to. He was sure they were=20 discreet and likely blended well in any environment. "Do you have=20 any matters to attend to tomorrow?" "My healer required me to cancel all appointments over the=20 weekend." His voice had softened even more, so much so that it=20 caught Kirk's attention. "Sarek?" Kirk got no answer, and shifted close just as Sarek started to slip=20 into the water. He snared him as his heart caught in his throat,=20 glad he had been watching him so closely just that moment. He held=20 him as he express-drained the water and turned on the warm air=20 blasters to dry them. He towel dried Sarek more thoroughly and=20 carried him into the turned-down bed. He lay the Vulcan down on it=20 and admired his body before he tucked him in and then darkened the=20 window tinting. They would wake up naturally, no matter when the=20 sun came up. He slipped in next to Sarek, feeling his warmth next=20 to him as Amanda must have done regularly, he realized. ---ooOoo--- Kirk awoke to find Sarek still fast asleep but turned onto his=20 stomach, the covers tossed about between them so that only his legs=20 were now covered. The fact that Sarek had slept longer than Kirk=20 attested to his exhaustion. He stared at the beautiful back,=20 buttocks and thighs and felt himself harden as he imagined mounting=20 him like that, then shook the thought from his mind. He would=20 fantasize about it until Sarek was at least more cognizant of his=20 surroundings. He covered him up, and felt Sarek shift toward him=20 until he was spooned into Kirk's back. Sarek had a full erection,=20 Kirk couldn't help but notice. "James, surely you deserve some recompense for nursing me last=20 night," Sarek said sleepily. Kirk smiled. "Do you intend on providing the use of your body,=20 Ambassador?" "It will not be the first time, as you know from last night. Or=20 even the second." Kirk was shocked. "Now there is another story I would like to hear." "I do not feel right taking up your bed if I cannot at least=20 entertain you." "You passed out in the Jacuzzi, sir. I do not take your exhaustion=20 lightly." Sarek sat up, surprised, and appeared to shudder at the=20 thought. "That would be the last way I would choose to die." Sarek=20 turned his back to Kirk. "Perhaps it would be wise then that I send=20 for my driver and spend the weekend in bed at the embassy. You=20 would then be free to explore other options." Kirk slid his arm around Sarek's waist and felt Sarek's arm capture=20 and hold his. "My nursing seems to be producing the desired effect." He felt Sarek press his buttocks into his groin. "Then let me say,=20 James that I cannot spend much longer in bed with you without taking=20 care of =85other needs. It would be beneficial to my recuperation if=20 I were more relaxed." Kirk sighed, though he was quite amused. He had not thought this=20 Vulcan so very sexual; he had always wondered why Amanda smiled so=20 much, especially after so many decades of marriage. "Do you ever=20 stop negotiating, Ambassador?" "Only when there is nothing left that I desire." With this Sarek=20 rolled onto his stomach, holding Kirk's arm so he pulled him=20 atop. "Is there nothing left that you desire, Admiral?" Sarek=20 arched his back, pressing his buttocks into Kirk's groin again. Kirk felt Sarek's legs spreading beneath him and felt his penis jerk=20 in excitement. "You make a very good argument, Ambassador." He=20 felt his body instinctually thrust against Sarek and could not help=20 but reach to guide his penis, now slick with precum, into him. "You=20 have seduced me, sir." "It was not a difficult task." Kirk plunged deep into him for that crack, and heard Sarek gasp,=20 then moan in excitement as he pressed back. He thrust into the=20 sprawled Vulcan who writhed and groaned in his excitement beneath=20 him until Kirk came hard, shuddering. He turned Sarek over and ran his finger up underneath his penis,=20 watching Sarek close his eyes and swallow convulsively. Precum=20 oozed out and Kirk slid it about, lubricating the shaft and then his=20 own orifice with it. Sarek watched him, looking curious. Kirk had=20 never let Sarek take him, but he wanted to feel the Vulcan inside=20 him. Wanted him to have all of him, to deny him nothing. He had=20 let this second Vulcan into his heart, but he would be the first=20 Vulcan inside of him. He sat astride Sarek. "James, you do not have to do this," Sarek said, his voice rough=20 with his desire. "Sarek, you have permitted me to keep a wall between us by allowing=20 me all of the choices. I don't want that wall anymore. This is for=20 what you gave me in the Jacuzzi." "Even though I can never offer all of myself?" Sarek asked, sounding=20 regretful. "Even though," he echoed. Kirk knew with Sarek's position, family,=20 and citizenship that he would likely always keep their relationship=20 secret=97that Kirk could never be a legitimate mate without Sarek=20 risking everything he had always known. This Vulcan would have to=20 marry again and continue to provide heirs, and Kirk might lose all=20 connection with him when that happened. But as Spock had been fond=20 of saying, and which had rung so true in Kirk's spirit as well, `I=20 would like to believe there are always possibilities.' He lifted and lowered himself upon Sarek, slowly, breathing deeply.=20=20 Sarek closed his eyes and moaned at this new contact between them =96=20 this intensely intimate contact Kirk had never allowed before.=20=20 Because of Sarek's cultural, familial and professional constraints,=20 Kirk realized he might always be the one at the hearth, awaiting his=20 return. Sarek stared up at him, his face showing clearly his want and=20 affection, as if a curtain had been pulled away. He pulled up and sat again gently, allowing the full length to move=20 within him. Sarek watched through hooded eyes, his breathing=20 ragged, moans escaping with each thrust Kirk allowed. Sarek shivered in his building excitement. "Oh, James, would that I=20 could have even more of you." His fingers brushed the meld points=20 of Kirk's face; his voice quavered ever so slightly. Kirk smiled sadly. Sarek pressed up with Kirk's thrusts and accelerated them. Kirk watched as Sarek gasped, his back and neck arching as his head=20 thrashed. He had never seen Sarek this excited. Sarek gripped=20 Kirk's hips and pushed and pulled until he began to moan=20 continuously. Kirk felt Sarek's legs bend and lift, felt them=20 shaking. Sarek curled towards him until his arms wrapped around=20 Kirk. Kirk held him tight as they rocked and he could feel as well=20 as hear Sarek's moans. He felt the Vulcan tighten and shiver and Kirk combed his fingers=20 through his thick, wavy hair. Sarek threw his head back and cried=20 out as he came and Kirk felt his penis throb and pump inside of=20 him. Kirk pulled Sarek's face close and caught his full lips in a=20 deep kiss. He heard Sarek give a slight whimper, unsure if it was a=20 remnant of his climax or response to the intimacy of Kirk holding=20 and kissing him while Sarek was still inside of him. Kirk held him until his heart stopped its thudding and his breathing=20 calmed. After only a matter of minutes, he felt Sarek's head droop=20 onto Kirk's chest, mumbling drowsily, half asleep already in his=20 exhaustion. He laid him gently back, slipped him out, and covered=20 him. He grabbed his robe and slipped out of bed intent on checking=20 something out. ---ooOoo--- It was almost mid-afternoon when Sarek roused. Kirk heard the=20 rustle of the sheets, and saw the Vulcan looking around trying to=20 get his bearings, but Kirk tackled him before he could get up. His=20 odd expression caught Sarek's attention. "Are you well, James?" Sarek asked. "I am in good health," he said, "but still concerned and would like=20 some answers." Sarek looked momentarily confused, then looked Kirk up and down. He=20 had slipped on sweats as he had dealt with some errands around the=20 house while Sarek slept. "You have too much clothing on," Sarek=20 said, his eyes glittering. The naked Vulcan, barely covered by a sheet was tempting and thereby=20 distracting Kirk from his mission he had begun that morning. He=20 realized that was likely Sarek's plan after the allusion to what=20 might have sounded like an interrogation. Kirk reached forward and=20 captured the wisp of a braid between his fingers. "I did a bit of=20 research." Sarek's eyes seemed to dull and he looked to be=20 withdrawing. "Indeed." "Please don't pull away," Kirk said. "This stuff is as important,=20 if not more so than what we might get to next." Sarek looked intrigued at the veiled bargain for sex. Kirk settled back comfortably. "Pre-reform Vulcans wore a braid=20 just as you have to signal a mission or battle they do not think=20 they will survive; that they are planning on not coming back." "I should not have taken your resourcefulness for granted," Sarek=20 said. Kirk felt hurt and anger compete within him. "So it was true. You=20 were just going to go off and die, no discussion, no goodbyes." "That night with you, just before I left, reminded me too much of=20 being with Amanda." Kirk swallowed hard at that and his heart skipped a beat. Sarek continued, "When I met the Immortal I had hoped for something=20 like that, but realized how pale in contrast it really was. It gave=20 me the impression that when, if, I remarry, I will suffer the=20 comparison of life with her and what could have been every day left=20 that I live. I had never been more ready for the serenity of death." Kirk felt his throat tighten at the admission. His comparison to=20 being with Amanda implied that Sarek cared for Kirk more than he'd=20 realized. Kirk felt so many emotions that he had a hard time=20 untangling them =96 happiness that he was important to Sarek, fear=20 that that very importance might have pushed him to despair, and=20 frustration at their circumstances. "The Immortal was beautiful and eased my frustrations, but she tried=20 too hard to please me and never angered, baffled or intrigued me as=20 Amanda did. A beautiful fa=E7ade..." "But little depth," Kirk added. "A trophy wife." "It was the rest of Amanda that was important to me =96 her=20 intelligence, her courage, her fire, her wit=85 Her beauty, I=20 assumed, would fade, but it did not." He allowed one of his soft=20 smiles at that. "I cherished Amanda as much at the worst times as=20 at the best, but when I discovered the Immortal's deception upon=20 returning, I felt only relief -- I could walk away." "So you left to die=85 I may not condone your response, but I=20 understand why," Kirk said softly as he slipped his hand to Sarek's=20 arm. "But how would you have..." Sarek flushed at that. "It is not important." "I think it is." Kirk had said it with such abruptness and volume,=20 it had sounded like a command. Sarek raised an eyebrow and looked amused. "This Vulcan is not=20 yours to command, Admiral." Kirk blushed and softened his voice. "I just mean that I can't help=20 but be concerned given what you've said, that there is not something=20 that I should be made aware of =96 some health problem, some threat=85" "I am unaware of any specific threat that I would take seriously, or=20 any unexpected health problem." Sarek jerked his eyes toward Kirk=20 as if he regretted what he had said in his drowiness; it was too=20 late to rephrase. Kirk's eyes widened slightly and he felt a rush of fear =96=20 unexpected=85 =96 pon farr. "You had thought=85" Sarek flushed at what Kirk was about to say. "I was wrong. There=20 were some symptoms, but it turned out to be a simple viral infection=20 that was remedied quickly." Kirk felt anger boil over inside. "You went off on the mission=20 without making provisions=85" Then he remembered the Immortal. "But=20 she went with you=85" "I would not have presumed that she would be available for something=20 so serious," Sarek said brusquely. "But obviously she was; she wanted to marry you." "When I knew her better, I decided I would not consider her on such=20 a permanent basis as she would have demanded," Sarek=20 said. "Necessity would have dictated I yield to her demands before,=20 and my honor after." Kirk noticed that Sarek had yet to even mention her name. "So you=20 preferred death?" Kirk was horrified. What if Sarek had assumed=20 correctly? He would have died months back, before Kirk could have=20 even begun to try to prevent it. Sarek didn't meet his eyes. "It would have been preferable to a=20 life under her deceit and whims. Do you not agree after what was=20 discovered?" "Certainly you could have sought an annulment?" Sarek looked thoughtful. "Perhaps, perhaps not. I knew none of her=20 schemes then. I would have owed her my life. And likely there=20 would have been our child to consider." "I thought there was a pattern." Every seven years, Kirk remembered. "In my case my frequent travel off-world has disrupted that cycle=20 almost from the beginning." Kirk was amazed at how each Vulcan, at least the ones he knew, kept=20 being caught off guard by the recurrence. The denial had to stem=20 from their pride, dignity, and stubbornness. "Have you prepared for it now that you've been given this=20 reprieve?" Kirk knew the answer without asking. He wanted Sarek to=20 admit that he hadn't, to make Kirk's important point. Sarek again did not meet his eyes. "I have no symptoms." Kirk let out an agitated sigh and glared at Sarek. Sarek's jaw had stiffened, though his flush had not cleared. "I do=20 not wish to discuss this now." Kirk calmed the anger that would only confuse Sarek with his next=20 inroad. He had to bring it up now; who knows if Sarek would ever=20 allow such a discussion again. "Then let me say that I would be=20 honored, as well as much relieved, if you would allow me to=85sate=85 your need when your Time arrives." Sarek looked surprised, but quickly withdrew further. "I would=20 never ask that of you." "That is why I am offering. I would have hoped that you would have=20 asked me, considering how much was at stake. I would never wish=20 upon you a life-long commitment to such a woman, nor presume you=20 would allow death so casually." Sarek shook his head, looking defeated. "You do not know what you=20 are offering. I cannot accept." "I have never experienced it, that is true. I know of the general=20 requirements, some of the precautions, and that Amanda had been=20 through it many times. It may be rough, but I should be able to=20 handle it." Sarek eyed him, but his expression gave nothing away. "Just consider it with an open mind." Sarek's expression softened. Kirk pulled out a knife. Sarek's eyebrows rose. Kirk smiled at Sarek's obvious surprise and confusion. "And let me=20 cut off that braid." Sarek cocked his head. "It bothers you so?" "Actually, I liked the daring look of it," Kirk said, then his=20 expression warmed, "but not what it symbolizes. Consider the act=20 an agreement to consider my proposal seriously." Sarek stared Kirk in the eye, that bit of wonder alighting again,=20 then nodded. Kirk stepped forward and slipped his fingers through the thick wavy=20 hair and sliced off the braid, and pressed his lips softly to=20 Sarek's. Kirk deepened the kiss, then pushed Sarek back into=20 bed. "Be cooperative and you will be rewarded soon" he said in an=20 alluring tone. Kirk turned and attached the braid to his magnoboard next to his=20 comm. unit. "Is part of me to act as decoration then?" Sarek appeared bemused. "A daily reminder to watch you more closely than I have been," he=20 said seriously. Much more closely, he thought. Then he smiled as=20 he stared at the naked Vulcan immodestly displayed across his=20 bed. "Though you're certainly decorative." He smiled at where his=20 thoughts were leading him, but not until after Sarek rested and ate=20 a hearty dinner at his table, at least. The End Another naughty Kirk/Sarek story going up in a few hours...stay=20 tuned! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ASCEM messages are copied to a mailing list. Most recent messages can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ASCEML. NewMessage: