"Too long." Pike agreed, staring down at the Vulcan kneeling at his feet as his mate, not a slave. Luck, chance, and circumstance had kept Spock from becoming a prized slave or a lowly science officer on someone else's ship. Those same three things had brought them together, and kept them together.
The water trickled around them, the heat searing into muscle and taking away the memory of being trapped in a cell for a month, even if under surprisingly merciful conditions. Their bond throbbed slowly, beating at the pace of his heart, coming out of its pain-dormant state.
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Date: 2009-09-16 06:38 pm (UTC)The water trickled around them, the heat searing into muscle and taking away the memory of being trapped in a cell for a month, even if under surprisingly merciful conditions. Their bond throbbed slowly, beating at the pace of his heart, coming out of its pain-dormant state.