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(last updated: 1/21/19)

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[Surprisingly, Spock doesn't see it as illogical at all. Tears were a human expression of emotion and he could understand such a show after being kidnapped and kept away from one's friends for years. Spock rests his hand on Jim's shoulder to squeeze it once more.]

It is my assumption that you have been allowed a sufficient amount of time alone. As I have no other matters to attend, I believe I will remain with you. However, having consumed your coffee previously, I would ask for the favor of being provided water.

_{[ He gasped, which no doubt looked a bit more ridiculous than usual
given the state of his cheeks and the ruddiness of his eyes. He punched the
other lightly in the shoulder. ]}

My coffee is just fine, thank you! Properly strong to keep you awake on the deck!

_{[ But then he smiled, leaning his head forward and onto Spock's
shoulder. ]}

God, I've missed you....

[Spock's hand pressed securely on the center of Jim's back, keeping it as a reminder of his presence.]

I am at a disadvantage as I saw a version of you yesterday.

[But he understood. He understood acutely what it was to miss someone yanked out of your life abruptly. They both did.]

However, the idea of two years separated from you leaves me confident a sudden reunion would leave me similarly effected. [His hand moved just a little. Not stroking but something like it.]

Although I do not believe, even then, I would consider your coffee 'fine'.

_{[ Those little touches, tiny and probably unnoticed by anyone else, did so much to stitch his heart back together, to close the hole that had been punched through when he'd realized how far from home he was, how far from one of the most important people in his life.

He let out a snort and turned his head, rubbing his face into Spock's shoulder. Ass. But - it was nice. Really, really nice. ]}

Well it's been two years. Maybe my skills have improved. Never know unless you try, right?

_{[ He smiled, winder than he had in a very long time, and went to dream up coffee. ]}

And, as this is a dream, I do not need to be concerned whether or not I will survive the experiment.

[Spock does his not-smile and follows behind Jim, not quite knowing what else here he's supposed to do.]

This room. [He should probably discuss it] Did you create it knowingly?

_{[ Kirk paused and looked around the deck, and the addition of the
table. ]}

I... don't quite know. I think perhaps I partially did, in wanting to be somewhere comfortable, but the table and the planetary display - I don't think I made that knowingly, as you say. I understood it when I saw it, but I don't remember purposefully creating it either.

[Spock moved to get closer to the display, reaching out once more, drawn to the small planets moving around.]

I do not understand it. [It was a painful confession to make for someone like Spock.] I do not recognize the system. It does not look to be any area I recall visiting on the Enterprise. Unless this is one you traveled to, here?

Well, that's because it's not really a system - at least, not one you would actually find.

_{[ He came to stand beside Spock, leaning his shoulder against the
Vulcan's. He knew it was asking much of him, to allow him this continued
contact, but he needed it. Needed to keep convincing himself that Spock
was, in some fashion, real. ]}

I mean, look at it. It breaks half the laws of known planetary physics.

_{[ He shook his head. ]}

No, this... I suppose the way to put it is that this is a representation of my soul.

_{[ With utter surety he pointed to a blue planet swirling closest to
the sun at the center - the mirror to a blue and silver planet on the
opposite side. ]}

That's you.

[Spock looked at the planet as it swirled around the sun. Around...Jim? Well. If that didn't represent him well nothing else did.]

Me?

[He looks at the other blue and silver planet opposite of himself. At the other planets.]

I am assuming you are represented by the sun. And the other planets likewise represent those that are close to you.

[Spock gestures toward the blue and silver planet]

Doctor McCoy?

_{[ He nodded. ]}

Yup, that's him.

_{[ He pointed to others in turn, working out from the center, naming as
he went - Sulu, Chekov, Uhurah, Scotty, Jaylah - and more, some Spock
probably did not know the name of, their time with Kirk having been in the
Fleet. He pointed at the super nova, telling Spock it was Pike, and knowing
in his heart the comet was Khan, and the asteroid field was Krall. ]}

Basically my soul laid bare.

[Spock watched as the rest of the display was explained to him. He didn't know all the names, no, but it was almost comforting to not. It meant Jim had support here. He'd found people to depend upon and let in closer to him.

At the end he looked up at Jim calm and pleased.]

It is truly remarkable. As I have already known it to be.

_{[ He flushed a little bit at that look, but he smiled all the same.
]}

You're usually not one for flattery, Spock.

I merely state facts. Flattery is an unintended side effect.

[He not-smiles at Jim and then turns back to the display.]

Truly astounding. Though it is hardly a surprise you would envision yourself as the sun we all revolve around. [Nevermind how apt.]

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