captain_jtkirk | .073 - Kirk never has anything useful to say

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.073 - Kirk never has anything useful to say

I have been here for a year now.

That's twelve months. Three hundred and sixty five days and I think about another eight hours. I'm not really sure on that one.

Point is... I need a drink. Or fifty.

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"How do you know what I'm usually like." [Kirk grumbled, stepping away from the door to let Spock come in if he wanted to.]

[Spock took the opportunity to walk in and pressed the button to shut Kirk's door.] "You and I may not speak on a regular basis, but I do observe."

"Then you should know that I like drinking."

"Especially since Doctor McCoy and Mister Scott left."

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[Kirk stiffened at that, turning his head slightly to fix Spock with a cold stare.]

"Your point being?"

[That cold stare didn't faze Spock at all, he just answered with his usual calm demeanor that could sometimes be incredibly infuriating.]

"Simply that you appear to have become more careless in Doctor McCoy's absence."

"That's not true."

[His eyebrow raised again, not believing Kirk's denial.] "Perhaps careless is the wrong word. However, Lieutenant Uhura and I have noticed a difference in you."

[Kirk scowled at him.] "Are you two gossiping about me now?"

"On the contrary. She expressed her concern to me and I agreed with her. I doubt she would have mentioned it if it did not worry her."

[Kirk really didn't like the idea of two of his senior officers talking about him. In the sense that they were talking about what was going wrong with him.]

"I'm fine. I'm not allowed to have one night of drinking? I'm not on duty. This isn't Enterprise."

"I never meant to insinuate that it was, Captain. You are free to do whatever you choose, just as you always have been."

"Then why are you here?"

"An excellent question and one I do not know the answer to."

[It was only a little apparent on his face, but Spock was actually getting frustrated talking to Kirk. And for a Vulcan that said a lot.]

"I will inform Lieutenant Uhura that you appear to be good health."

[With his hands clasped behind his back, he turned toward the door.]

"I am in good health. I'm fine. Hungover but fine."

"Fine has variable definitions, Captain."

[Kirk let out a frustrated sigh.]

"At the risk of sounding horribly dramatic... you wouldn't understand."

"And yet we will never know unless you tell me." [He turned back to face Kirk again.] "It is quite a conundrum."

"Do you know what I was like before Starfleet, Spock?"

"I was never informed on the specifics of your background."

"I have a criminal record. In Iowa. Well I imagine that Starfleet did everything in it's power to expunge it after my promotion since it doesn't look good for the Captain of their flagship to be a criminal. Pike called me the only genius level repeat offender in the Midwest once." [He smiled just a bit at that because he really admired Pike for what he did.]

"There are some days when I want that back."

"You would consciously choose to return to a life of a petty criminal? I am sorry, Captain, but that does not seem like an ideal choice."

"I'm aware of that." [Because ever since he was eight, people have been telling him that he's been wasting his potential in some way or another.]

"But I like it. I like it a lot and that's never going to change, I think."

[Spock crossed his arms.] "Then what is stopping you from taking up that life again?"

"I like Enterprise more. I like being the Captain. I like the crew." [Jim shrugs.] "Bones is really good at keeping me grounded."

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