The BLTS Archive - Like Father, Like Son
by Igiveup (carrieattheprom@hotmail.com)

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Time for another Spiced Peaches submission, and you know
what that means: Spock/McCoy slash! Though this time you'll
also get some Sarek/Amanda as a little bonus. Special thanks
as always goes to J. Rosemary Moss for being my beta.

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//Perhaps lying on one's back is not the best position to be
lying in after being stabbed in the back,// Jim thought
ruefully. He shifted until he was lying on his side, trying
to be as quiet about it as possible. He wasn't in the mood
to get another lecture from Bones about the need to lie
still and be quiet.

Besides, Jim was not the only patient in sickbay. He was
sharing the room with Spock and Spock's parents, Sarek and
Amanda. Bones had performed risky surgery on Sarek, with
Spock acting as a blood donor. To make matters worse, the
Enterprise had been under attack at the time.

Jim found himself watching his roommates. Spock was either
asleep or close to it. Sarek and Amanda, however, were still
awake and talking in hushed tones. Jim strained to hear
what they were saying. Amanda was kneeling at Sarek's
bedside, her head resting on folded arms.

"There is no reason for you to remain here, my wife," Sarek
was saying. "Doctor McCoy has assured you that the operation
was a success. In the event that anything does go wrong, you
would feel it through our bond."

Amanda shook her head. "My place is by your side, husband,"
she said sleepily.

"You would be more rested in the bed in our cabin," Sarek
continued, but it was clear that Amanda had won this little
argument. There was the faintest glimmer of surrender in
Sarek's eyes, vanishing so quickly that Jim wondered if he
had imagined it.

Jim understood how Amanda felt. Her husband had nearly died;
it was reassuring to be near him, however illogical Sarek
thought that was.

Then again, perhaps Sarek understood after all. A few
moments later he was lightly stroking her hair in a soothing
manner. Eventually the movements ceased, as Sarek drifted
off to sleep.

Now that Jim no longer had a diversion, his back started to
hurt again. //This is going to be a long night.//

After what seemed like hours, Bones entered the room to make
his rounds. Jim pretended to be asleep, not wanting to be
aided by drugs---or another lecture about the need for rest.

Bones made a slow circle around the room. If he saw through
Jim's playacting, he didn't show it.

Jim peeked through his eyelashes as Bones paused by Sarek's
bed, smiling slightly at the sight of Amanda still sleeping
at his bedside.

Then Bones reached Spock's bed, and Jim almost couldn't
believe what he saw next. After a quick, cursory glance
around the room to make sure no one was watching, Bones
lightly brushed the hair away from Spock's face. Spock
turned his head towards the gesture, and there was a sort of
half smile on his face. He didn't awaken, or so Jim assumed,
given the slight display of emotion.

As if encouraged, Bones leaned forward and gently kissed
Spock on the lips. He then knelt at Spock's bedside, resting
his head on his folded arms.

Jim smiled. The two beds in front of him reminded him of old
fashioned bookends. He had to marvel at Bones' nerve. True,
all witnesses were (supposedly) asleep, but that was still a
rather blatant show of affection. And in front of his
lover's parents, no less! Jim had known that Bones and Spock
had been a couple for awhile, but he had been sworn to
secrecy. Maybe they were starting to become more open about
it.

He found it amusing that both Sarek and Spock would choose
'emotional' humans as mates, given their own insistence on
logic. Jim watched the sleeping couples for awhile longer.
He wondered what would happen if Sarek awoke while Bones was
still at Spock's side. Perhaps Sarek would understand that
his son was more like him than he had originally thought.

Jim closed his eyes, as sleep finally began to overcome him.
As he drifted off, he mumbled, "Like father, like son."

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The End