Is It Really Cheating?
Written for Happy Trekmas on Livejournal, based on the prompt by my recipient chiralove.
Her prompt: Spock and Jim are teaching at the Academy between missions and are completely ignoring their mutual attraction. Jim, in a pigtail-pulling sort of way, is coaching cadets on how to hack Spock's Kobayashi Maru test.
“Four months, sir?” the Captain asked the face of the Admiral on the Bridge viewscreen. He could feel the surprise of the command crew as they also studied the man on the screen, the one who decided their fate for the foreseeable future.
“Yes, Captain. It’s standard procedure. As the Enterprise is scheduled for repairs, refits, and upgrades,” Admiral Komack said, his near impatience coming through. “I would have thought you and your crew would look forward to time on Earth.”
“Of course we are, sir,” Jim said reluctantly. “We had understood it would be closer to three weeks.”
“The timeline has been revised. You will be provided accommodations at Starfleet. We will discuss temporary assignments individually when you arrive,” Komack informed them.
“Assignments, sir? We won’t have shoreleave after all?” Jim asked, wondering why Pike wasn’t the one telling them this. He’d understand. He’d actually been in space. Unlike Komack whose brain was in space though the rest of him had never gone.
“You will be afforded your leave. As you continue to be in the employ of Starfleet, we are not inclined to allow our best resources to simply wander away for the duration.”
“I see, sir,” Jim said, trying very hard to retain his temper that was threatening to fly into the viewscreen, to smash Komack’s smug face. “Anything further sir?” Yeah, he’d just dismissed the Admiral but better dismiss him than be brought up on charges of insubordination.
Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:26PM 
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