Columbus Day

Jim woke up to the wonderfully familiar sensation of Spock kissing him. He lay still has Spock worked his way up his right thigh, skirting around Jim’s hardening erection, and licking his prominent hipbone.

“What are you doing?” Jim asked with a smile, his voice thick with the sleep that hadn’t completely left him.

“Exploring,” Spock said, looking up at Jim with a gleam lighting his dark eyes.

“Not that I mind,” Jim said, lifting his head to better see his bondmate. “But what brought this on?”

“According to your Earth calendar, today is celebrated as Columbus Day.”

“Oh,” Jim said. “Are you planning to discover new lands?”

“I had hoped to colonize you. Claim you as mine.”

“I am yours,” Jim laughed. “How would you colonize me?”

“Mmm…” Spock hummed as he continued to kiss Jim’s skin. “Columbus was not the first to find the New World.”

“No but he was the first to tell anyone about it.”

“The Vulcans arrived centuries earlier,” Spock said, enjoying Jim’s laugh.

“But you didn’t tell King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella like Columbus did,” Jim pointed out.

“The Federation is not the first to follow a strict policy of non-interference,” Spock said.

“So the Vulcan equivalent of the Prime Directive stopped you from colonizing Earth?”

“Precisely. Had we not respected your right to your own development, Columbus Ohio might be T’Sark, or Strenn, Ohio.”

“Hmm….” Jim pretended to consider it before becoming distracted by what Spock was doing with his mouth. Which was magic. It had to be.

“If you were to turn over, I could explore even more of you,” Spock said in his most seductive tone, not that Jim needed any added incentive. He gladly rolled over onto his stomach, enjoying Spock’s exploration of every inch of his body, certain parts receiving additional attention.

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When Spock completed his journey of discovery, they lay entwined and sated, Spock purring softly into Jim’s ear.

“Thank you for planting your flag to claim me,” Jim said with a  laugh.

“That was not my flag, Captain,” Spock responded.

Jim laughed even harder until Spock silenced him with a kiss.