hooklineandswan:

I have a few
‘involuntary’ ships when it comes to the Star Trek series since I was
‘forced’ to watch a lot of episodes with my hubby. So it isn’t really
surprising that my muse decided to take a trip on the Enterprise. 🙂

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Logic demanded of her not to go down to the engine room. They would just get into another fight. Commander Killian Jones always argued with her, as if he had any chance to win a logical discussion. Considering that he was human and she was Vulcan with an elaborate education in engineering that mirrored his and add to that her logical intellect, she was actually able to help him with the problems they had with the warp drive lately. But arguing with Commander Jones was sometimes as if she was talking to a wall and not a living, thinking human being. Though it had taken her a few weeks to realize that the strange sensation that coursed through her every time she saw him was annoyance.

An emotion.

Since he’d come aboard the Enterprise about six months ago she found herself struggling with emotions she hadn’t felt in a very long time. Not since she’d been a child. But working with Commander Jones brought all of those emotions she’d buried deep back to the surface.

So she did what she hadn’t done in a very long time … she acted irrational.

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