An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
“I’m thinkin’,” he said, slowly, after a moment when none of these strangers spoke and neither did Jim, and Spock was looking at him like he was the only raft and they were lost at sea, and he felt the same way, “that these braids on my arm are tellin’ me I’m the CMO here, even though last I remember you and I are still two semesters from graduation. And, I’m also thinkin’ some shit just went down on this ship. So, Jimmy, I’m not one to tell a captain how to do his job, but I’m thinkin’ that some big meeting with all us senior officers would be mighty fine. And I’m also thinkin’ that for some reason, Spock should be there too.” He looked up, catching Jim’s deceptively bright eyes in his pale face. “Do you reckon?” .. When the Enterprise is attacked by an unknown entity that has infiltrated their systems, Spock and Leonard are left changed, lost on the ship and in the universe and unable to find anyone to cling to but each other. Will Jim be able to set things back to rights before they become lost even to him?
