Their minds turned the memories over together, acknowledging, perhaps filing away, perhaps only registering the same/difference and the emotions attached.
Good things, Jim thought, RuthandCarolandJanet, the Farragut but not the cloud thing, his first shore leave after his first away assignment, the heady thrill of his first command, stepping onto the bridge of the Enterprise, going home on leave and realizing he loved it but loved the stars more, Sam seeing him off with his family (but not Deneva), the "walking stack of books" he once was.
Jim held Kirk close again, but were they even separate any more?
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Date: 2009-10-14 07:01 pm (UTC)Good things, Jim thought, RuthandCarolandJanet, the Farragut but not the cloud thing, his first shore leave after his first away assignment, the heady thrill of his first command, stepping onto the bridge of the Enterprise, going home on leave and realizing he loved it but loved the stars more, Sam seeing him off with his family (but not Deneva), the "walking stack of books" he once was.
Jim held Kirk close again, but were they even separate any more?