Fic: Companion, Chapter 13: Spock (3)

[elliewood]

  

Nyota is sleeping with him.

They are asleep in his bed,

Sleeping together.

 

His gown has slipped, his flank is exposed,

Her hand rests on the bare skin of his hip.

She is touching him;

My mate and another are touching.

 

Her dark hand is slender, lovely,

Her fingers delicate and soft.

His skin under her hand gleams white in the dimness,

Flawless.

 

And in the dark spaces of my mind I feel a spark ignite,

Feel the heat of its smoldering glow,

Smell the smoke of its flame.

 

He is dreaming,

His eyes moving rapidly from side to side,

His brow creasing in a frown,

His mouth opening as if to cry out...

 

I stand by his bed and hear him exhale,

A small sound, like the bleat of a lamb,

Soft and tremulous.  

 

I lay my hand on his forehead.

His face relaxes;

He smiles slightly as his eyes open

To find me watching.

 

He says,

I remember.

 

And in the dark spaces of my mind

I feel the spark grow into a fire,

And I bask in the heat of its eager flare,

Reveling in the sweet vapor of its flame.

 
 

 

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