The only sane one

screenshots of star trek characters arranged in two columns and four rows.

the top row is a picture of Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series. a caption reads, “Old Spock.” next to it is a picture of Zachary Quinto in the rebooted Star Trek films. a caption reads, “New Spock.”

the second row is a picture of Nichelle Nichols in the original Star Trek series. a caption reads, “Old Uhura.” next to it is a picture of Zoe Saldana in the rebooted Star Trek films. a caption reads, “New Uhura.”

the third row is a picture of Deforest Kelley in the original Star Trek series. a caption reads, “Old Bones.” next to it is a picture of Karl Urban in the rebooted Star Trek films. a caption reads, “New Bones.”

the last row is a picture of William Shatner in the original Star Trek series. a caption reads, “Old Kirk.” next to it is a picture of Richard Dawson in Hogan’s Heroes as the character Newkirk. there is no caption.

“Yeah, I suppose so,” Kinch says. It feels remarkably hollow for something he’d been so excited about for years. The joy – of course there’s joy, he misses his sisters and proper food and warm water and people who look like him and sound like him and actual pillows – is tempered by a reluctance to let go of the men who had become his family. The more he thinks about it, the more the guilt twists in his chest, because it’s war and he doesn’t know how to separate the sense of belonging and effective change from the realities of hundreds of thousands of deaths.

He pulls himself out of it with some effort. “It was a pleasure serving with you, Colonel,” he says, hoping his sincerity comes across.

Rob gave a slightly forced smile. He knew this feeling. He’d felt it the day he’d gotten into the plane and looked over his crew, knowing he might not see them again. But time was different. This time, everyone was safe and would  go home. 

Home. A beautiful word.

“I know,” he said. “I’m not expecting you to. I’m going to have to do it eventually, I just wanted to complain about it first.” He leaned back in the chair, stretching, and looked over at her. She looked tired, emotionally and physically, and Kinch could definitely empathize. He was very, very ready for this whole ‘war’ business to be over.

“We’ve used that teabag at least two dozen times,” Kinch pointed out. “Even if there’s any flavor left, there won’t be enough to keep me awake.” He sighed, rubbing his eyes. Another few hours of sleep might make this all bearable – but then again, it might not. “I’ll be back soon, probably.”

“Complain away then.”  It wasn’t as if she could do much else.  Occasionally, Hogan could use her on some mission or another, but it seemed as if most of the time, she simply wandered about the tunnels or sat in the main room waiting for someone to come down.  If only she could go back to England, rejoin her group, but no, she was stuck in place until London relented.

A corner of her mouth quirked up in empty amusement as she curled deeper into the wooden chair, tugging her robe about her a little tighter until she was a small lump with fabric trailing from it.  It might seem as if it was just a normal morning, but when they sat in a network of tunnels, not so much.  “I’m not going to.”  It wasn’t even her duty to and she found, with so much time there, it a little harder to care about anything that happened around her.  The people,  no, she still cared about the people, but all else remained another story entirely.

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[ ] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ ] Platonic Date

[ ] Romantic Date

[ ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies   • [ ] Romantic Comedy   • [ ] Adventure Movie   • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)   • [ ] Horror   • [ ] Drama   • [ ] Buddy Movie   • [ ] ___ (other options)

[ ] Restaurant   • [ ] Expensive/High Class   • [ ] Small and familiar   • [ ] Fast Food

[ ] Nature  • [ ] Beach  • [ ] Park  • [ ] Forest      • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ ] Staying at home  • [ ] Watching movies  • [ ] Playing Video Games  • [ ] Reading

[ ] ___ (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[ ] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ ] …knowing each other better 

[ ] …sleepover between friends 

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ ] ___ (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[ ] Yes.

for clarification: in my head this all takes place in paris for some reason

Who asks for it:

[ ] Your muse asks mine

[x] My muse asks yours

Type of date:

[ ] Platonic Date

[x] Romantic Date

[ ] First Date

[ ] Double date with: ____ & ____

Location for the date:

[ ] Movies  • [ ] Romantic Comedy  • [ ] Adventure Movie  • [ ] Animation (Pixar/Disney)  • [ ] Horror  • [ ] Drama  • [ ] Buddy Movie  • [ ] ___ (other options)

[x ] Restaurant  • [x] Expensive/High Class  • [x] Small and familiar  • [ ] Fast Food

[x] Nature • [ ] Beach • [x] Park  • [] Forest     • [ ] …and having a picnic

[ ] Visiting a Museum

[ ] Visiting an amusement park

[ ] Visiting a haunted location

[ ] Staying at home • [ ] Watching movies • [ ] Playing Video Games • [ ] Reading

[ ] ___ (other options)

The date might hopefully end with…

[ ] …holding hands

[x] …a kiss

[ ] …in bed

[ ] …knowing each other better

[x] …sleepover between friends

[ ] …a marriage proposal

[ ] ___ (other options)

Should you reblog this?:

[ ] Yes. I want to send you one.

[x ] Yes.