Mermaids.... because I don't need a bloody reason

[done_in_3]

Well the party was hopping, if you could say that about a vulcan party. It was certainly happening. People were certainly milling about and holding beverages and conversations. Jim was eager to get to land again, his clothes and shoes stowed away as usual for when he returned to land. He'd slip into those and appear on the beach and into the party like he just came from around the corner. Nobody would notice... except the entire party of land vulcans who weren't accustomed to a blond haired blue eyed bipedal with rounded ears. So of course he was the talk of the crowed as he worked his way through. He's scanning the crowd, nodding, acknowledging, being a part of the party maybe? Well no he was a spectacle but it wasn't until he ran right into someone that it actually got awkward [hehe...]

"Ah-- woah, sorry about that. I apologize, I wasn't paying attention." he nearly spilled the guy's whole drink. He grabbed his hand, steadying it before it could spill all over him.

"Wasn't watching where I was going....wait are you...." oh shit. Oooooh shit shit shit, he's going to die. It's Spock. He could just die right now, slip into the sea and forget it, he's done.

"....Hey." too bad the vulcan has no idea who HE is.

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aww~

[spohkh]

Spock was sitting on the dock, tailor style with his eyes closed as the sun slowly rose up out of the water.
He always liked meditating here, even if water wasn't his thing. Plus, he found that he was getting too impatient waiting for Jim, so meditating was the best way to go before he drove himself crazy.

[done_in_3]

Jim is excited Spock was already waiting for him. He had to approach him special somehow, so be prepared vulcan for a pair of lips delivering a kiss out of nowhere. Jim had snuck up to Spock as quiet as possible and crouched before him.

He should pull back and say hello but he just wants to lay Spock back and spend the rest of the day in his arms.

[spohkh]

Spock was certainly surprised, but he took the kiss in stride as he wrapped his arms around Jim.
This caused him to be unbalanced though, and Spock had no choice but to lay on his back, with Jim on top of him. Not a bad position to be in. The Vulcan purred and nuzzled Jim.
"I missed you."

[done_in_3]

Jim peppered kisses all over his face.

"I missed you so bad it hurt." he pet his hair back, nuzzling in return before bestowing more kisses to his cheeks. He just couldn't give Spock enough love, it never felt adequate.

"You look well, have you been ok?"

[spohkh]

"Yes, I have been well... but there has been a significant absence in my life without you there."
He just holds Jim for a moment, even though the smell of brine was starting to fill his senses. "Was sailing eventful?"

Yeah, Spock had no clue.

[done_in_3]

"Sailing? Not really, the swimming was better. I'll have to take you sometime, there's a great reef out there with so many different fish. I saw a giant squid in a trench, it was so majestic." he curls up against Spock, tucking his head into his neck.

"I just thought of how much I want to show you everything. I brought you something." he pulled out a shell with rainbow mother of pearl inside it. "It's very rare even to my people, but this one was being eaten and I stole the shell from the sea star devouring it. It's... well it's not much but it's something I could share with you from the deep."

sorry! I love you, I swear. papers are a bitch.

[spohkh]

Spock stared. The peal was absolutely beautiful, and expensive... Quite significant considering this was only the second time they've met.

"Jim, this is... I am uncertain if I can accept this." Plus he was embarrassed that he had nothing for Jim. "I do not know what to say."

it's ok. hang in there

[done_in_3]

Well they'd already slept together and Spock had called him t'hy'la. Why wait, he wanted to bring something from his world to Spock.

"Why not? I don't expect anything back. I want to share my world with you. You enjoy that." He kissed his cheek.

"Please?"

<3

[spohkh]

Spock's brows furrow... "Your world? Jim, what do you mean? Did you not dive for this?"

Jim's words were confusing, as well as his supposed 'job description'.

[done_in_3]

He shrugged. "I did but...not the way you probably think I did. Hey... if we're going to do this, be lovers and all...and since you came back after a month... I guess we ought to talk about what I do when I'm not here."

And hopefully Spock would be ok with the truth.

[spohkh]

They were still on the ground, embracing each other... Spock didn't have a problem with this but he saw the logic to being in a more private space.

"Very well, where do you wish to go?" He helped Jim stand, but only for an excuse to touch him.

[done_in_3]

He needed the help, he was shaky on his legs, almost as if they were weak or strained. He took Spock's hand gratefully, slowly getting up and steadying himself.

"I understand there's a aquatic museum around here."

[spohkh]

"Indeed there is."

Spock doesn't let go of Jim's hand when he notices how unstable the other man seems to be on his feet. "Are you well?" Spock let his worry show as he guided them towards the aquarium.

[done_in_3]

"Me? Fine." he patted Spock's hand as he moved along, he's getting better, within a few meters he has his control back, he's walking confidently.

"Always takes me a few minutes to get my land legs."

[spohkh]

Spock decides to keep his curiosity at bay as he guides Jim to the aquarium, once at the entrance, he looks askance at Jim.

"We are here..."

Now what?

[done_in_3]

"And now we head inside." he had money this time, hard to manage that but he'd 'found' someone's money, a poor drowning victim who happened to be pretty well off money-wise.

"My treat. Come on." Inside there were numerous tanks of exotic fish and crustacean from shallow seas to the deep oceans and Jim was very talkative about all of them, he told Spock more about them than any of the informational placards or tour guides could.

"See these here, the little sandfish? When they mate the father guards the eggs and the mother searches for food and when she returns he leaves, she waits with them for months for them to hatch and feeds them on the food stores she's found. Sometimes she dies hunting and they just eat their father's body. Weird huh?"

[spohkh]

"Fascinating."

The Vulcan watches Jim as they move from exhibit to exhibit... he has no reason to believe that Jim is making these things up, but to have such an intimate knowledge of all of these creatures.

"Jim, where did you learn these things?"

[done_in_3]

"Me? Well I live among them. Let's see if there's an exhibit like what I'm looking for. Fantasy animals, do you think they have that here? Giant squid, sirens, mermaids, that sort of thing." There's an exhibit about ancient harpooning rituals that made Jim stare in horror and disgust.

[spohkh]

"Jim, fantasy creatures are just that, fantasy. Why would they have an exhibit on that which does not exist?"

Spock was confused now, and there was a hint of doubt in his voice as he regarded Jim. He had an odd feeling as to where this was going.

[done_in_3]

"Hm so sad, there's some excellent fossils where I'm from on the ocean floor that would disprove that. Not the sirens though, they're made up....or rather they're the same thing." Indeed his singing could sway a Vulcan to lust, suicide, even murder.

"Where do you think those fantasy creatures came from? Did someone just make them up? Out of thin air? Somebody had to see something that inspired them to record creatures that defied logic." He's still looking at the harpoon collection with a haunted look.

[spohkh]

Spock is silent for a long moment... After looking around to ensure that they were alone, Spock gently takes Jim' by the hand to steer him away from the harpoon.

"Jim, are you a mermaid? Is that what you have been trying to tell me? The first time you told me, I thought you were making a joke."

[done_in_3]

"...Does that bother you?" He didn't think it would but he didn't want to assume Spock would accept it as fact.

"Thing is...our people used to be allies... I'm not really supposed to be here but I change for one day a month so I come to shore. I've explored this place for years, I learned to speak, walk, read, write... I found you. I like it here."

[spohkh]

Spock could barely believe what he was hearing, but it wouldn't be logical to not trust Jim...

"What happens... What happens when you stay more than twenty four hours on land?"

[done_in_3]

"I'll...get an undeniable urge to get to water. Whatever water I touch first I transform in. I...haven't chanced it so far, I don't want to end up in somebody's bathtub or pool. I can't let the people here know we exist. My people... my ancestors swore your ancestors off. They were harpooning as a rite of passage and they were so violent. That was a thousand years ago at least. My people... we don't want yours ever knowing about us again. I can't turn back here... I don't think I could stay on land longer than twenty four hours."

[spohkh]

"But Vulcans have changed so much in that time... What are the consequences to you if your people find out that you have been mingling with Vulcans?"

He doesn't want Jim to get into trouble, that's the last thing he wants. Part of him rebels at the very thought of Jim getting hurt because of him, and the possessive part of his mind just wants to keep Jim with him forever.