Relationships: Spock/James T. Kirk
Characters: James T. Kirk, Winona Kirk, OCs, T'Pring, Sarek, Frank, Spock Prime, Spock
Additional Tags: Tarsus IV, Allusions to abuse and PTSD, Panic Attacks

A/N: Uh. So, this happened.

No beta, and English isn't my first language, so please excuse any grammatical errors/typos :) Thanks, and enjoy!

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T'Lana

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The first Vulcan Jim ever has contact with is not someone he remembers. His mother, many years later with Spock by his side, tells him about it in a fond but a wary voice (their relationship is, was, and probably always will be, strained). The Vulcan was part of a team of scientists from the VSA, stationed on the Kelvin during what was to become its last voyage. She was called T'Lana, youngest in her group and perhaps the most curious, if Vulcans can be described as such (Jim knows they can. He has a theory of them actually being the nosiest bastards in creation (this was his opinions before the creepy Asshole Aliens – Assloanians or something – that collected 'peculiar species' for their 'scientific displays'. In other words: zoos. Bones has still got Jim's glittery loincloth framed somewhere)). She had expressed her interest in the human pregnancy cycle and put forward a formal request to attend the routine physical check-ups of Winona Kirk and her unborn son.

"Basically, she wanted to put her hands all over my huge ass belly, and get up close and personal with Jimmy using that nifty touch telepathy of yours," Winona concludes. Spock looks horrified and Jim is torn between face-palming and bursting out in hysterical laughter. "Talk about alien probing."

He settles for both.

Spock clears his throat as discreetly as he can, but still ends up sounding distinctly strangled (a sure sign of extreme emotional scarring, which is on par with conversing with any Davieses, really. People who assume the crazy comes from the Kirk side of the family has not done their research; Winona Davies is still a name which sets fear in the hearts of…well, most of the 'Fleet, actually). "I can only speculate that she wanted to establish some sort of mental contact with a growing fetus, perhaps to investigate the brain activity of a psi-null individual not yet fully formed. Did she succeed?"

Winona smiles, a little wistfully. "Eventually, yes. Jimmy was apparently a charmer even then, 'cause she kept coming back, going on about dynamic minds and how fascinating it was that I didn't have a telepathic bond, yet there was clearly something there which she couldn't define." She pauses, an old sadness marring her face. "Her last little mental cooing and Vulcan baby-talk with Jimmy was just three days before the attack. She didn't survive to see him born."

'She wasn't that lucky', she thinks, but doesn't add. 'Not as lucky as I.'

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A/N: As of 24/8 2014, 3 out of 6 chapters have been written. Will update.