Phasers to Stun (19/100)

[moogsthewriter]

Title: Better Left Unsaid
Prompt: 54. Kirk and Uhura, secret
Genre: Gen, angst
Rating: PG/K+
Characters: Uhura, Kirk
Pairings: None
Word count: 100
Spoilers/Warnings: Implied abuse of a child.

Summary: Uhura never wanted to know this much about Jim Kirk.

If there's one secret she's never wanted to know, this is it.

They're stranded on some abandoned planet, beamed down by the Klingons who had captured them. Kirk's wounded and delirious, and she's doing the best she can to keep him alive until help arrives.

The tears sting at her eyes as she tries to ease him out of his horrible childhood memories. She sees how he winces, even in near-unconsciousness, as she traces the old scars littering his bare chest and back.

It may explain aspects of his behavior, but Uhura decides she'd would've been happy never knowing everything about Jim Kirk.

Comments

[le-culdesac.livejournal.com]

Quiet. Contemplative. Not a word goes wasted. Well done.

I thought this was going to be an Uhura/Kirk having an affair behind Spock's back or something.

[moogsthewriter.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[gelsey.livejournal.com]

Awww. Poor Kirk and Uhura :(

Mind me asking where you got the prompt from?

[moogsthewriter.livejournal.com]

I got the prompt from the first Star Trek Reboot Drabble Challenge - http://yahtzee63.livejournal.com/404795.html (This is one of the prompts I've modified a little, just so ya know.)

Glad you liked it!

[ex-egorstan.livejournal.com]

Today's word is ... triumph.

You have triumped in getting the movie's Uhura perfectly. It's like seeing into her mind and reading her thoughts - you do that in the drabble, but there are other Uhura thoughts that want sneak in.

This is a triumph.

On a side note ... I want to steal your muse!

[moogsthewriter.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you thank you thank you! I'm glad you think I got Uhura. She's a tough one for me to write. :D

*shields muse* You can't steal him. However, if you so desire, you can borrow him every third Thursday and on any fifth Sunday. :D

[kiraboshi.livejournal.com]

Going back through to read all these, and this is my favorite so far. :D