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James T Kirk (jimmytkirk) wrote in dunwichgame,
@ 2025-06-02 00:16:00

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!log/thread/narrative, star trek: christine chapel, star trek: james t kirk

Jim & Christine

decisions were made

Jim hadn't set out to get into a fight that night, though he knew he'd been on that path for a few days now. Either that or he was going to find someone to take him home and make him stop thinking that way - and really he wasn't sure either of those options was the right one. But then he'd been at some bar and this guy just would not take no for an answer. And unlike Khan or Spock or anyone else, Jim didn't feel any particular compunction about this man seeing him in less than upstanding form.

And one thing led to another and Jim was now sitting around at MIST rather than the local police precinct thanks to their local sheriff - who was apparently someone just like him, trapped here in a life he didn't choose. He was just handling it a little better than Jim was currently.

He didn't know why he'd called Christine to come spring him, maybe because the alternative was Spock - and he couldn't let his first officer see him like this anymore than he could allow Khan to see him like this. He'd be just as likely to end up in another fight if he'd called him. So Christine had been the only choice. Khan's words that she had a kind heart rang in his ears in that moment while he waited - that and the throbbing in the back of his head. A part of him still missed this, the familiar ache of a good fight.

But he knew come morning he wouldn't be thinking the same thing. He exhaled slowly, letting his head tip back his eyes closing as he waited, counting out the seconds in his head.

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jimmytkirk
2025-06-06 06:43 am UTC (link)

Temporary assignment to the Enterprise, that was interesting - but really he could ask questions about that other Jim endlessly if he let himself. What he was more curious about was exactly how friendly Christine and that Jim were. If it was just the friendships formed among crew, or if he'd been a little more like this Jim. Not that he wanted that Jim to run her off in the same way that he'd done with his Christine - he was just kind of a mess at times. He was trying to be better, not that tonight was really proof of that. "Good friends," He echoed. "I wish I'd been a better friend to the Christine of my reality." He admitted. "Not that we didn't enjoy one another's company." He added just as quickly. "But -"

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nurse_hijinks
2025-06-06 08:00 am UTC (link)

Christine chuckled knowingly. "But she caught a solid case of the feels and you weren't about that life?" she guessed. She knew herself well enough to know that she could harbor some serious emotions when it came to romantic entanglements or even just the sort of friendship that came with some benefits. Adventuress she might be, but she was only human and Jim was rather captivating. "I'm not exactly impervious when it comes to that sort of friendship," she confessed, "but there were other considerations to account for." Like Carol and the baby she and Jim were expecting. "My Jim was pretty steady with someone, and ending up here complicated that quite a bit. And as much as I care for him, I am not going up against a woman who builds torpedoes for a living."

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jimmytkirk
2025-06-06 08:49 pm UTC (link)

You could call it an educated guess, but it was a little something more than that in this context. Christine was guessing based on her own instincts, and those instincts carried over across universes it seemed. Some things were true no matter what world you lived in, at least for some people. It seemed to be him that was so very different based on the reality he'd come from, which was more than a little disconcerting if he was being honest with himself. "So what I'm hearing is that I should probably not try and talk you into bed with me the same way I did with my Christine?" He guessed, because this place was nothing but temporary, even if they all were sent back home, he'd go to his life and her to her own and they'd never meet again either way. It would be cruel to start something under those conditions, not that he suddenly didn't want to of course.

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	nurse_hijinks 2025-06-06 09:11 pm UTC (link)
	Christine's eyes sparkled with mischief. "I didn't say that." She gave him a flirty smirk. "I said there were considerations to account for. And unless you're hiding an almost-fiancée and a kid on the way somewhere, the considerations this time around are vastly different." She took another long sip of her rum, savoring the flavor and zing of the alcohol. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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