#kircus

Carol: Yeah.

Bones: You know what else is beautiful?

Carol:...

Bones:...

In Star Trek (mostly the kelvin timeline)

100% spuhura

50% McKirk

50% kircus

Jim and Carol keep their (mostly long distance) relationship a secret from the rest of the crew (except for Uhura, Spock, and Bones) and Scotty gets the surprise of his life when there’s a commotion during Jim’s surprise party and he looks over to see Jim being kissed senseless by Dr. Marcus, who has been very worried about him and needed to express her deep relief at his continued existence. Spock sees it and inwardly sighs at the shamelessness of humans, while also kicking himself for his earlier decision to end things with Uhura and wondering if she would be receptive to a second attempt at courtship. Given the way she looks at him, he calculates the odds at 80.2%.

Bones mutters “Dammit, Jim. I did NOT need to see that!” under his breath and tries to distract the gawkers to give the two some privacy.

Jim is beside himself with joy and clings to Carol like a drowning man, trying to keep from bursting into tears at the onslaught of all the emotions of the last few days. He’s never seen anything more beautiful than her.

Carol caresses Jim’s battered face and tries to kiss the bruises better. She didn’t realize how much she missed him until he was almost taken from her.

“Do you like your birthday surprise?” She asks, buying time for him to regain his composure.

“I love it,” Jim says softly, bright blue eyes fixed on hers. “I love YOU, Carol. My one comfort through this all was knowing you were safe, at least.”

“You had me scared to death, love,” she replies. “One day you’ll run out of lives and then what do I do? No more dying, please, dear.”

“I wish I could promise that,” Jim sighs, looking down at her wistfully. “But you know how it is. Having you around more in the future might help,” he hints.

Are the torpedoes in the weapons bay?

Loaded and ready to fire. What are they?

Kircus - Back To You

Kircus + touch

+ bonus implied handshake: