hush, david u_u

[protomatter]

.. You and your AUs. Re-watching The Wrath of Khan is no reason to bring me out. I mean, I'm not even that Kirk's son. It's a little silly, isn't it? My parents are only a few years older than me right now, and still on good terms. .. I don't even know him, anyway. What would I say to him?

Just. Let me go home. I have more important things to do, like my Master's, remember? My next paper isn't going to write itself.

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[kirk]

Since when do they need a reason to do anything?

[protomatter]

[ UH. what is he even supposed to do right now. ]

You're.. really young. [ david what. ]

[kirk]

Yeah, I keep hearing that.

[Jim is not mentally prepared for this.] So... how old're you anyway?

[protomatter]

It's just weird. One thing to see old pictures, entirely another to see in person, you know? Not that Mum keeps them around.

[ it's ok neither is david. ] .. Seventeen. [ ish. almost seventeen. ok he's sixteen. ]

[kirk]

Doing your Master's already? Shit. [At least the kid hadn't turned out to be the aimless drunk he'd been.]

I mean- that's great. Guess you take a lot after Caro- your mom, huh.

[protomatter]

Finishing my Master's. Hoping to start my Doctorate next year.

[ he rubs his arm a little awkwardly. ] .. Not just her. She tells me all the time that I'm too impetuous, that I take too many risks. A lot like you, I'd say, based on what I've read.

[kirk]

[That gets a smile out of him at last.] No such thing as too many risks.

[protomatter]

There are only about five-thousand decisions you made during your career that I could point out were probably too risky. I'm not sure how you survived to thirty, honestly.

[ david have you studied your daddy's career... ]

[kirk]

Technically I still haven't, but I appreciate the compliment all the same.

[Too risky = a compliment, right? Ahaha oh god this kid looks just like him.]

[protomatter]

Oh my God, you're exactly like she said you were. I suppose I should be grateful you have Commander Spock as your voice of reason.

[kirk]

Well, I wouldn't give him all the credit.

I've got a CMO who loves to tell me when I'm wrong, as well a whole team who think they know better than me. If you've got a good team, you'll get through anything.


[That's what dads do, right? Advice?]

[protomatter]

[ kirk are you trying to give him advice what is this. ] I'm not the starship captain. I'm still not even certain if I want to join Starfleet. [ his mother is certainly against it. ]

[ a quirk of his mouth. ] .. Though it seems to run in the family.

[kirk]

[don't ask him what this is he has no clue.



also wow. jim is not ready to talk about family with you, kid.] Starfleet is full of risk, you know.

[protomatter]

[ too bad, you're here now. ] Please, it's not as if I can't handle it. I just don't deal very well with crusty old people in stiff uniforms telling me what I can and can't do.

[kirk]

[jim has daddy issues of his own a mile long that he is not prepared to confront.


also wtf stop sounding like him.] Y-eah. That's. Really a reason to stay out of Starfleet.

You're sure you grew up with just Caro- your mom?

[protomatter]

I'd think I'd remember a mystery man in Mum's life. I practically grew up in her lab.

[kirk]

Oh. Haha. That would've been awesome, I guess.






[A++ dadness, Kirk.]

[protomatter]

[ brow. arch. ] .. Growing up in a lab?

[kirk]

Better than middle-of-fucking-nowhere, Iowa. [He laughs.]

Tell me you blew up Car- your mom's lab at least once.

[protomatter]

.. Ugh, pretty sure anywhere's better than Iowa.

You can call her Carol, you know. [ a snort of laughter. ] I do know Mum's name. [ the smile widens into a slightly sheepish grin. ] .. I may have caused a few minor disasters in my time.

[kirk]

[It's much easier to think of her as 'this kid's mom' rather than 'Carol Marcus that hot scientist'

He beams at the confession.] Good work, kid. That's how science should be done.

[protomatter]

Pretty sure every scientist ever would disagree with you on that point. [ a pause. ] .. It was satisfying, though. Which it really ought to be, even if it's often frustrating, exhausting, and disappointing, too. I think Mum forgets the first bit sometimes.

[kirk_tng]

[Just this face, pretty much.]

[protomatter]

[ w e l p ]

.. Huh.

[kirk_tng]

I guess that answers that question...

[protomatter]

Which one?

[kirk_tng]

A lot of them, actually.

[protomatter]

I think it raises a lot more, though. Between the two of us.

.. I have to admit that I'm a little morbidly curious about how closely parallel my life will run with yours. [ will klingons kill him, too? ]

[desarmer]

Luckily, he tends to do most of the talking himself.

_{( as much as the implications of acknowledging who him is is weird as hell. )}

[kirk_tng]

I'm sure that's breaking any number of temporal prime directives.

[protomatter]

[ woah. ]

He seems all right. Definitely a lot like you told me, though. Or-- you'll tell me, I guess.

[protomatter]

Given that we're here? I don't think it matters any longer.

[kirk_tng]

I guess not.

Of course, I still don't know the answer.

[desarmer]

I'm afraid whatever view you have of him is rather biased, then.

_{( whether that's good or bad she couldn't say. )}

[seventeensir]

[ You're just getting a look David.]