This is the most logically adorable thing I have ever read
Jim pointing towards a poster board: aw is this little Spock’s macaroni art?
Amanda: no that’s a macaroni infographic Spock made about educational spending during the second half of the 22nd century
Jim,with a shit-eating grin on his face: oh yes, of course it is, I love it
The marriage was a quiet one, but the news was still greeted with astonishment on Earth. Sarek took it calmly. One particularly annoying newspaper, which published a slight alteration on Amanda’s headline—”I Married A Little Green Man!”—received an interesting riposte from Amanda, when she was interviewed on one of the broadcast news services shortly thereafter: “There is nothing little,” she said with great dignity, “about my husband.”
tiny!sketch sarek and amanda because i’ll never be over them (lbr i’m actually just weak for Sarek being utterly overwhelmed by Amanda – NSFV bc inappropriate for public spaces hand touching)
And Sarek freaking out (in a logical way) because he doesn’t know what is happening and Amanda like “Adun, no, you don’t have to call a healer, Spock is ok. No, he’s not in danger. Yes, that’s completely normal. Sarek… please, sit down and listen to me… that tooth cannot be reimplanted. Yes, he will lose all his teeth and I don’t want to have this conversation every time, ok?”
I see a lot of Starfleet Academy AUs that take place in the AOS universe and that’s great and all, but…
CAN YOU IMAGINE
A seventeen year old Jim, who returned from Tarsus IV alive, but scared, still dealing with the trauma and desperately trying to excel at everything he does. He is picked on a lot because of his eagerness to please and a certain gullibility that comes with his deeply romantic nature. He studies and works hard, soon he gets to be the top of his class and other students have very little love for him. He is a loner, but he is ambitious and someday people will look up to him. Nevertheless he is still so very very young.
Now just imagine a barely 20 year old Spock, who left his home planet after a big fallout with his father. Spock, who is so different that he is not only alien to both humans and Vulcans, but also a stranger to himself. Imagine him not taking Captain Pike up on his offer and staying to teach at the academy.
Imagine Jim taking a fascination to Spock from the very beginning, eager to see things from a completely different perspective, one that is completely unique. He can’t help being awed by the seemingly endless facets that make up Spock. And Spock himself is curious about this particular human. A man who’s own emotions often enough get him into trouble, but he seems to always get back on his feet, laughing. Maybe after some time Spock is able to see that emotion and weakness are not synonymous, even if he still needs to learn what true strength really means.
Think about the two of them sitting on the rooftop of their dorm staring up at the stars and talking about everything from Nietzsche to Surak, from the invention of the telescope to the latest warp core drive. Just talking and talking and through it gaining not only an entirely new perspective on the universe, but also themselves.
Until one night Spock brings up Vulcan custom and what Vulcans are supposed to do and not to do. It’s as if a dam is breaking and although Spock will probably regret it, he tells Jim about the fallout with Sarek.
And Jim is silent for a long time. It’s almost sunrise when he repays Spock’s trust and tells him about a madman and a forgotten colony with a hunted look in his eyes.
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