The BLTS Archive - Contemplation
by merfilly (stephvickers@hotmail.com)

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Continuity: Set against the novelizations of Wrath of Khan
and Search For Spock

Disclaimer: Paramount Owns

Notes: for saavikam77

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David sits on the bed in Saavik's cabin and just watches as
she takes the uniform off, so meticulous in the detail she
pays to each piece. He watches the slender but oh so strong
fingers of the woman stroke the folds of cloth into
smoothness, savors the lines of her face, and feels a wash
of awe that this beauty chose him.

As David watches, he falls back into the way this came to
be. He can still feel the first kisses she placed on his
lips, half drunk and so angry from the wake for Spock. David
had thought it would be a one time thing, comfort in the
arms of an almost friend.

Waking then to find her stroking the bruises she had left,
looking up into her eyes and seeing the concern there, he
had tried to reassure her that he understood, that she could
go her way. She had kissed him into silence, and far more
tenderly shown him her intentions where he was concerned.

Here, now, aboard their new ship, neither ever spoke of it.
Neither needed it, caught in the quiet understanding that
they simply were. And as Saavik comes to the bed, satisfied
with her uniform's placement at last, David can only lose
himself in the wonder of it all.

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The End