Disclaimer: I don't own anything Star Trek it is all property of Gene Roddenberry and whoever else owns rights to the franchise. I am not making any profits off of this so please don't sue me.

. Author's note: I personally love Uhura/Spock to death but for this story, her and Spock didn't happen. The rest of the movie happened, just not with them being together. It's for the purpose of this story.

Wish Granted Captain

Chapter 1: A Stolen Moment

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Space was black and brilliant in its infinite expanse. Planets floated through out it ranging from the lush and live sustaining to the frozen and barren. Star systems near and far off twinkled in bright resplendence. This was the pace of time itself, not really night or day, but simply time itself. A large white star ship flew gracefully through this eternal beauty, adding to it with its own almost angelic appearance.

The U.S.S. Enterprise cruised through space on impulse, they were en-route to a near by Star Base to refuel, go through some routine maintenance, and check in with Starfleet Command.

From where he sat at the center of the Enterprise's main bridge Captain James T. Kirk sat proud and alert in the captain's chair. At the ship's helm Sulu and Chekov sat with their fingers rapidly moving over the control consoles in front of them as they piloted the ship. Behind the Captain, Lt. Nyota Uhura sat at her own station and monitored incoming and outgoing communications.

And sitting to the Captain's right side was the Enterprise's First Officer, Cmdr. Spock, busy at work at his station going over some of the schematics. In the ship's sick bay Dr. Leonard McCoy tended to patients and set about filling out medical reports. And down in the ship's engine rooms, Scotty was making repairs and adjustments to anything that needed it. All of these main officers plus hundreds of more members of Starfleet were hard at work and together running the star ship smoothly.

It was just the start of another day on board the Federation Vessel.

Where he sat, Captain Kirk let his eyes wander from the main view screen in front of him and over to his right where his First Officer happened to be sitting with his back to him. As he took in the shiny black hair and the pointed ears of the half-Vulcan from behind, Kirk felt a small surge of emotion rise up inside him. It had been only one and a half years since they had defeated Nero. A lot had changed since then, especially the relationship between the human and the Vulcan all though very few knew of that. However, not many were aware of this change for it had happened completely under their noses.

Now to any casual onlooker Spock and Kirk were the utmost professional with each other on duty, off duty they seemed still somewhat frigid and still slightly antagonistic towards each other. Some days it seemed to everyone else of board that Spock was just one breath away from giving the Captain a good pounding like he had on the bridge after Kirk had said those things about his late mother to get him emotionally compromised and give up command of the ship.

They argued constantly about even mundane things like whether or not to use warp drive or stay of impulse.

But, if one were to look deeper past the veneer of animosity they would see something else entirely.

For example, if one were to notice the way Kirk was looking at his first officer they would find no anger or ill-will of any kind in his gaze. In fact, the best way to describe how Kirk was looking at the back of his First Officer's head would be, longingly. This in itself would've made several jaws suddenly fall open on board the Enterprise, what would surely have made all the jaws on the ship suddenly become good friends with the floor was how Spock himself stop midway to pushing one of the controls on his console and slowly turned his neck so that he was looking over his shoulder, right back at the Captain.

Dark almost black eyes met those of striking blue.

This was not the gaze that should have been held by two people who bordered on full on hatred towards each other on many occasions.

Where the Captain's gaze held barely disguised longing, the First Officer's gaze was that of total desire behind a thin veil of the cool control the Vulcan was known for. And yet this shared glance at each other was so subtle no one else on the bridge noticed that the Captain and the First Officer were looking at each other like they wanted to get up out of their seat and jump each other not giving a damn about the fact that they were on the main bridge that was filled with various personnel.

However they quickly realized this fact for themselves and tore their gazes away from each other. Spock turned back around and went back to working at his station and Kirk turned his attention back to the main view screen.

Now was not the time for such things as lingering looks at one another. They had a star ship to run and rendezvous point to get to.

Four hours later the Enterprise was going through the necessary docking procedures. Captain Kirk rose from his chair with a small sigh. After all the travel he was looking forward to some down time, and hopefully the return of feeling to all the parts of him that had gone numb from having sat in the chair for so long.

" You have the Bridge Mr. Sulu." He said as he he made his way over to the ready room.

" Aye sir." Said Sulu.

Now normally the Bridge would've gone to the First Officer, but Spock was nowhere to be found on the bridge. He had left some time ago and now the captain was keen on finding the half-Vulcan. But duty calls first, Kirk still had to check in with Starfleet command. Kirk stepped into his ready room and took a seat behind the desk before pressing a button on the table-top screen.

The screen changed from the Starfleet emblem to the welcoming face of one of the Federation's Admirals.

" Good afternoon Admiral Sutcliff, this is Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise reporting from Star Base 36 as ordered sir." Said Kirk in full professionalism.

The next twenty minutes were spent going over the details of the mission the Enterprise had completed prior to arriving at the Star Base and receiving knew orders on where to head next.

" This was another job well done Captain." Said Admiral Sutcliff.

" thank you sir." Replied Kirk with a warm smile, he had always liked this Admiral.

" Alright then, I'll see you when you get back to Earth hopefully in a few weeks. Sutcliff out." Said the Admiral returning Kirk's smile.

" Yes sir." Said Kirk and then the screen returned back to the Starfleet emblem that had been there before the conversation had started.

With the official business out of the way, Kirk stepped out of the ready room and headed for the turbo-lift with a small nod to everyone on the bridge before he disappeared behind the lift door. As he stood in the turbo-lift Captain Kirk had one thing on his mind really.

And the was finding his first officer.

If the slight tingling sensation at the very edges of his mind was any indication, he had a pretty good idea of where to start looking.

Many of the Enterprise's crew hand gotten off the ship to enjoy the Star Base for a little while. The senior crew stayed on board. With a small hiss the Turbo-lift door slid open and Kirk stepped out, the lift door shutting behind him with a soft hiss.

The Captain's deep blue eyes look about, taking in the deserted corridor he was standing at the very start off. With a small sigh Kirk started walking down the ship's hallway. He was a few levels above the main bridge, in one of the more secluded areas on the Enterprise. Kirk walked down the corridor and then turned left when he reached the fork in the hallway. As he walked down the new corridor Kirk caught sight of the large curved triangular window that gave a wonderful view of space outside. Kirk's lips curled upwards into a small smile as he also noticed the single officer standing before this very window with his back to the approaching Captain.

Tall and pale, dressed in a blue Starfleet uniform, black hair immaculately in place and the signature pointed ears his species was known for.

" I knew I'd find you here." Said Kirk softly as he came to stand beside his elusive First Officer.

Spock turned his gaze away from the window to his Captain and spoke.

" Seeing as to how we have enjoyed each others company here by this particular window on several occasions in the past, you have made an accurate assumption that there was a high probability that I would be here should you have sought out my whereabouts without alerting the rest of the crew Captain." Said the Vulcan matter of factly.

Kirk chuckled softly and took a step closer to the half-Vulcan gazing at him intently as he spoke.

" Spock, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Jim?" He asked softly.

The next thing he knew Spock was right their in his personal space with mere inches separating them.

" Jim." Said the Vulcan softly as he stared down at the human and slowly raised his left hand. Kirk felt a small involuntary thrill run up his spine at how Spock had just called him by his first name. Blue eyes went to the pale hand that was being held up in the air and Kirk's smile widened a little more as he raised his own hand and pressed it to Spock's.

The moment their fingers touched, Kirk felt a warm almost electric buzz start to spread from his hand to the rest of his entire body.

Now to any casual observer this clearly was an intimate scene. To anyone who knew something about Vulcan culture, they would've seen more than just an intimate scene.

They would've known that by the way that Spock and Kirk's hands were touching they were sharing in the Vulcan version of a kiss. An traditional intimate gesture of two individuals who were bonded to each other as life-mates.

Had he been there, Dr. McCoy would probably have fallen to the floor in a full dead faint.

Now perhaps all of Starfleet would probably be standing their with there jaws hanging wide open if they had been bearing witness to this scene.

But that was not the case, there was no one else there by the window. Just them. Not Captain of the Enterprise and his First Officer, just Jim and Spock. And despite how truly unheard of and absurd most everyone on board would've found it, they were bonded mates by all Vulcan rights. How this came about can be explained later. At the moment, they were simply having a quiet moment with each other like any couple would.

" My Thy'la." Whispered Spock as he leaned in the rest of the way and pressed his forehead to the human's.

Jim let his eyes flutter shut and simply smiled happily as he spoke.

" Yours." He sighed in contentment and agreement.

After several long moments they drew their hands away from each other, reluctantly breaking the intimate gesture they'd been sharing. Spock's arms slowly wrapped around Jim's waist and pulled him in close, taking away the remaining inches that separated them. In the process of being pulled closer and still having his forehead pressed against Spock, Jim's head tilted backward bringing his own lips closer to that of the Vulcan, so close he could feel the warm minuscule bursts of breath that was exhaled from Spock's lips.

Jim opened his eyes and looked into those of his bonded mate. The normally dark amber orbs were now seemingly all the way black.

Jim trailed the hand he had pressed to Spock's earlier over the Vulcan's shoulder and over the side of his long pale neck before gently splaying his fingers over Spock's right cheek. Spock leaned in to the touch and blinked slowly at the contact and seemed to sigh a little himself. Not being able to stand his own urges any longer, Jim leaned up and finally pressed his lips to Spock's in a proper human kiss.

He couldn't help but smile as he felt Spock respond just as hungrily to him.

When they drew apart several long moments later they remained close, pressing their foreheads together once again.

" I've been wanting to do that ever since we shared that look on the bridge." Said Jim breathlessly, all the while grinning from ear to ear.

Spock quirked one of his thin black eyebrows and spoke.

" We caught each others eyes approximately four hours ago, it is illogical that you would still harbor the urges you felt on the bridge for such an extended period of time." He said flatly.

The grin on Jim Kirk's face just grew wider as he spoke.

" Well aren't you glad that you're married to an illogical human for the rest of your life?" He asked with a teasing tone.

And before Spock could come back another one of his long and complicated responses to Jim rhetorical question, the Captain effectively silenced the half-Vulcan by sealing his mouth over his First Officer's once again.

Outside the window they were standing by, the stars that littered Space throughout its vast expanse twinkled and shimmered.

All was well for the Captain and his first officer of the USS Enterprise, but as fate would have it there would be some very unexpected developments in the not too distant future that would put both them and their as of yet still well-hidden relationship as bonded mates to the ultimate test.