FICLET: Glimmer
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 12:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serai.
And awaaaaayyy we go!
Glimmer
"...and so, logically, the first answer cannot be correct," he finished. He looked at her with expectation, his dark eyes patiently questioning.
"I agree," she said. "Perhaps we'll see an example later." He nodded, and as always, his gravity charmed her into a smile. But her heart nearly stopped when, for the first time, he slowly smiled back.
It was like a squall rising suddenly in her. Is this a new feeling? she asked herself, the complexity of it twisting her insides with love and pain and...fear. Does every woman come to this, or is it mine alone? His face swam before her for a moment, her tears rising until she carefully pushed them back down. Leaning forward, she placed a tiny kiss on that treasured smile, and then let the moment go, because she must.
Reluctantly, Amanda touched her fingers to her little son's tentatively stretched lips. "Spock," she began gently, "you must not do that..."
And awaaaaayyy we go!
Glimmer
"...and so, logically, the first answer cannot be correct," he finished. He looked at her with expectation, his dark eyes patiently questioning.
"I agree," she said. "Perhaps we'll see an example later." He nodded, and as always, his gravity charmed her into a smile. But her heart nearly stopped when, for the first time, he slowly smiled back.
It was like a squall rising suddenly in her. Is this a new feeling? she asked herself, the complexity of it twisting her insides with love and pain and...fear. Does every woman come to this, or is it mine alone? His face swam before her for a moment, her tears rising until she carefully pushed them back down. Leaning forward, she placed a tiny kiss on that treasured smile, and then let the moment go, because she must.
Reluctantly, Amanda touched her fingers to her little son's tentatively stretched lips. "Spock," she began gently, "you must not do that..."
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Date: Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 10:04 pm (UTC)*heart breaks*
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Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2009 06:58 am (UTC)"Qualis mater, talis filius" (what the mother is, the son is)
I always loved Spock complexity and in *this* one we can better see it.
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Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2009 02:58 am (UTC)Thank you, sweetie! I've always been curious about Spock's relationship with his mother. I'm glad you saw something of it in what I wrote. :)
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Date: Saturday, June 13th, 2009 03:21 am (UTC)Good to see you writing.
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