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moogsthewriter) wrote2009-06-24 09:58 am
moogsthewriter) wrote2009-06-24 09:58 am
ST: Phasers to Stun (23/100)
Title: Birthright
Prompt: 4. Kirk, you can never go home again
Genre: Gen, angst
Rating: G
Characters: Kirk, Winona Kirk
Pairings: None
Word count: 200
Spoilers/Warnings: Movie spoilers.
Notes: Part 1 of 2. Both this and the companion piece are 200 words.
Summary: His mother always feared he would follow her footsteps and return to space. She was right.
All his life, he'd been denying his draw to space. As a child, he would spend hours staring up at the stars, longing to explore that infinite space and suppressing that desire at the same time.
It's not that he's terrified of space. No, it's the look on his mother's face every year when they celebrate his birth and remember his father's death that holds him back. It's the knowledge that somewhere in that vast vacuum, the last remnants of George Kirk float as silent testament to his sacrifice that saved hundreds of lives.
His mother had made many return trips into space, but she'd been terrified that Jim would do the same and that she'd lose him, too. She never told Jim of that fear, but he saw it in her eyes every time she saw him looking up at the sky.
But as he stares up at Starfleet's newest Constitution-class starship, he knows that he can't do it any more. It'll break his mother's heart; he knows that signing up with Starfleet could be the same as slamming the door in her face. It hurts, but he has no choice.
He was born in space, and that's where he's meant to be.
tbc...
Prompt: 4. Kirk, you can never go home again
Genre: Gen, angst
Rating: G
Characters: Kirk, Winona Kirk
Pairings: None
Word count: 200
Spoilers/Warnings: Movie spoilers.
Notes: Part 1 of 2. Both this and the companion piece are 200 words.
Summary: His mother always feared he would follow her footsteps and return to space. She was right.
All his life, he'd been denying his draw to space. As a child, he would spend hours staring up at the stars, longing to explore that infinite space and suppressing that desire at the same time.
It's not that he's terrified of space. No, it's the look on his mother's face every year when they celebrate his birth and remember his father's death that holds him back. It's the knowledge that somewhere in that vast vacuum, the last remnants of George Kirk float as silent testament to his sacrifice that saved hundreds of lives.
His mother had made many return trips into space, but she'd been terrified that Jim would do the same and that she'd lose him, too. She never told Jim of that fear, but he saw it in her eyes every time she saw him looking up at the sky.
But as he stares up at Starfleet's newest Constitution-class starship, he knows that he can't do it any more. It'll break his mother's heart; he knows that signing up with Starfleet could be the same as slamming the door in her face. It hurts, but he has no choice.
He was born in space, and that's where he's meant to be.
tbc...