Australia Relief Prompt

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darke_wulf wrote:

Basically, I'd like to see a "the mind meld gave me feelings" story, but with a twist. 

During the meld with Spock Prime, Kirk does see the epic friendship/relationship that existed between Spock!Prime and Kirk!Prime, but he also sees all the angst they went through. The pain suffered when they thought each other dead (or actually were dead), that first Ponn Farr disaster, Spock Prime being ashamed of his feelings and eventually running off to pursue Kolinahr, Spock Prime heartbroken after Kirk finally did die, etc.

From this, Reboot!Kirk decides that it just isn't worth the pain and suffering. Maybe he's trying to protect himself, maybe he's trying to protect Spock, maybe he's looking out for both of them. In the end, he is determined to keep their relationship professional.

The problem of course being that Reboot!Spock is not Spock!Prime. He's lost his planet and his mother. He's realized just how short life is, and is not willing to waste any more time once he eventually realizes that Kirk is his t'hy'la.

Rather than be conflicted over this, Spock embraces it. Kirk is proving difficult, however, with all of the negative emotions/memories from Spock!Prime running around in his head. So it's up to Reboot!Spock to convince a very reluctant/cautious Kirk that he's not going to be running off to the Vulcan Colony to purge his emotions any time soon and that a relationship could/would be worth the risk.