for @emmkolenn because she is my biggest enabler asked ❤
It’s early morning.
Not the kind of early where it’s still dark out and your limbs feel heavy, your eyes watery and you just want to crawl back into bed again.
No, this is the good kind of early morning.
The kind where the sun is rising slowly and you forgot to close the curtains last night so its rays are falling into the bedroom, soft and warm and the specks of dust seem to dance in its rays. It’s the kind of early where outside nothing is happening yet except for the birds singing their song celebrating a new day.
It’s the kind of morning where the smell of black coffee hangs heavy in the air together with the promise of eggs and bacon for breakfast because they’re on Shore Leave so they deserve it.
It’s the kind of morning where Jim is awake and out of bed before Leonard is.
A rare treat.
For Leonard is a sight to behold, slightly tanned skin – and how he manages that in space is beyond Jim – and dark hair a beautiful contrast against the rumpled white sheets. Ruggedly handsome, perhaps, as he’s forgone shaving for the past few days and the hickeys on his neck and shoulders are all Jim’s.
“Jim,” he murmurs.
Jim raises his eyes slowly to Leonard’s face but the other is merely mumbling in his sleep.
He leans his shoulder against the doorway, boxer shorts low on his hips, hair sticking in all directions and a cup of coffee in his hands, and just stands there.
Basking in the sunlight and watching the man he’s come to love more than space itself.
On the bed, Leonard turns his head in his sleep, a drowsy “love you,” filling the air.
“Love you too, Bones.” Jim murmurs and his smile is soft and gentle around his cup of coffee as he takes a sip.
A/N: This ended up differently than I expected when I started out, but I’m still pretty proud of it. It’s got sort of a Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement vibe to it, which I didn’t realize until I was already halfway through writing it haha.
A big Happy Birthday to the amazing, the wonderful, @captainsbabysitter-blog who is hosting this challenge. You’re fantastic and we’re all lucky to have you on our blogs and in our lives 💜💜💜
Word Count: 3.1K
Characters: Jim Kirk, Leonard McCoy, Winona Kirk, Nyota Uhura, mentions of: Spock, John Harrison (Khan), Marla McGivers
Summary: Jim Kirk is a prince, ready to ascend the throne, but before he does so he has to choose a spouse and get married, too bad he’s not interested in any of the people chosen for him. When Jim gets sick and a handsome doctor, Leonard, makes a house call, he thinks his luck may have changed.
Winona Kirk looks across the breakfast table at her son James. He refused to meet her eyes or even speak, other than exchange pleasantries with the staff. The blonde woman lets out a long sigh, putting down her cup of coffee. “Will you please talk to me, son?”
Blue eyes flash up with a hardness in them. “What would you like me to say, Mother? I think I’ve expressed my feelings enough on the matter.”
“I don’t know what you want from me, James. It is the law that you have to be married before you can take over the throne.”
“Can’t you change the law? You are the Queen, after all,” James huffs.
“It takes the votes of all of parliament to change, believe me, I tried, but those old men are too set in their ways. They won’t change unless they believe there is a logical reason for it.”
“What about my happiness? What about the fact that I don’t want to spend the rest of my life ruling beside somebody that I barely know? Or how about setting a bad example for our people by settling for less, doing something that I don’t believe in, and lying about my personal feelings? Are those logical reasons enough?” James’ voice getting quieter by the end of his small tirade, emotion thick in his throat at the thought of being stuck with a stranger for the rest of his life.
Winona’s eyes soften and she speaks gently, but loud enough for him to hear. “I know, Jimmy. I’m sorry about that. I know what it feels like to marry a person that you barely know, just to keep your rightful position.”
Jim looks up from where he’s picking at his eggs, confusion on his face as he recalls the few memories he has of his parents together. “I thought you loved Dad?”
“Yes, eventually. At first we didn’t know what we were doing. We got along well enough, and that turned into a friendship, and from there…” Winona trails off as she thinks back on her relationship with George, her eyes glossy.
A deep sigh escapes Jim’s mouth, “I’m sorry, Mom. I’ve been acting like a spoiled child and that isn’t fair to you.”
“It’s alright, son. I haven’t talked about it much, how could you have known?”
the fact that Bones and Kirk went to Starfleet together is hilarious. poor Bones, Jim probably has so much blackmail material on him that he had it categorized. Things Bones Did when Drunk. Things Bones Did when Sleep Deprived. People Bones Did. Things Bones Did when Stoned. Pictures of Bones While Doing All of those Things. Video of Bones Doing All of those Things. Bones Watching Cat Videos.
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