𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐱 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑| 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐 | 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏
It’s the middle of the night and you’re struggling to find sleep, or rather, sleep is struggling to find you. You look out your window from your bed and see the moon is high in the sky. The stars twinkling around it in their own little dance. You check your phone to look at the time.
“Ugh, 2 A.M.,” you say groggily to yourself
You lay back down in defeat and stare up at your ceiling, hands together over your blanket where your sternum is.
You hear someone’s door open and close quietly, before there’s shuffling in the hallway. You can tell whoever it is, they’re trying to keep quiet.
Curiosity gets the better of you and you decide to quietly get out of bed and make your way to your door to see who it is. You slowly turn the doorknob and open the door, again as slow as you can and poke your head out. All you can see from your room is the light from the fridge.
You open your door a little more, just enough for you to exit and close it slowly. You slowly walk into the break room, not making a sound.
When you make it inside, you notice that it’s Vulcan. You lean against the wall, waiting for him to close the fridge. Once he fully stands up, he’s still looking down, bottle of water in hand.
He closes the fridge, turns in your direction and jumps once he notices you’re standing there. He puts a hand over his chest to help calm himself.
You do your best to hold in your laughter to avoid waking the rest who are asleep.
“Jeez, how long have you been standing there?,” he says in a hushed tone, still holding his chest
“A little bit,” you answer in the same hushed tone
He walks over to the ledge of the window and sits down. You join him.
“Did I wake you,” he asks
“No,” you say,“I can’t sleep.”
“So what’s your story” you ask him
“I was asleep, ended waking up and my throat felt a little dry, so I came to get some water,” he says
It’s quiet and he opens up his water bottle to take a drink.
“Well how do you feel now,” you ask
“Like it’ll take me a while to fall back asleep,” he says with a laugh
“Well, since we both can’t sleep, do you wanna hang out for a bit,” you ask
“Can it be somewhere that we don’t have to keep whispering like this,” he says
“Sure,” you laugh out and say with a smile
Together, you both head up to the roof. You open and close the door as soft as you can for you both and exit onto the roof.
Vulcan lets out a refreshed breath.
“Now this feels much better,” he says
“I’m glad,” you say in response
You both take in the night sky as the stars and the moon glimmer above you. He moves closer to where you are and leans on the edge of the roof.
You start to feel the butterflies in your stomach flutter their wings at his closeness. A blush makes its way to your cheeks and your ears feel warm.
He looks over at you.
“You okay,” he asks with a soft laugh
“Y-yeah, I’m fine,” you say unconvincingly
He softly laughs again.
“You sure,” he asks
“Y-yeah, i-it’s just..you’re kind of..close,” you say nervously
“O-oh, I’m sorry. I can-” he says and starts moving away, but you cut him off by grabbing him
“N-no, you don’t have to move,” you start, “y-you just..make me..nervous,” you finish honestly
“R-really,” he asks surprised, but also a little sad
“N-not in a bad way !,” you say quickly
“I-,” you start then think to yourself that maybe this isn’t a good idea
Maybe you should keep these feelings to yourself.
“Never mind,” you say shaking your head and looking back at the night sky
“You can tell me, darlin’,” he says reassuringly
“I..l-like when you’re close…and I..like talking to you,” you say and look at him briefly
He softly smiles
“I like when you’re close too and I love listening to you. I’ll always be there for you y/n,” he says honestly and grabs your hand
You feel your face get hot
“Vulcan…can I be super honest and PROMISE you won’t freak out or be weird,” you say with your eyes shut tight
He lets out a small laugh
“I promise, babydoll. I won’t freak and I won’t be weird. I’m here and as long as you feel comfortable telling me, I’m listening,” he says
“I…l-like you Vulcan and I have for a while. It’s just been confirmed to me pretty recently that I’ve felt that way for a while. I don’t want you to feel like you have to reciprocate anything, I just-since it’s just us I…I wanted to tell you,” you say, a lump forming in your throat after
You were glad your voice hadn’t cracked because you had been holding on to this for so long.
“Y/n, I’m gonna be honest with you,” he starts and pauses
“Vulcan please don’t feel obligated to sa-,” you say
“I like you too y/n,” he says cutting you off
Your eyes finally meet his for the first time since this whole conversation started. His cheeks and ears are flushed in a shade of pink and his eyes, oh his beautiful turquoise eyes, are filled with the sincerity that’s always there when you speak to him.
“I’m not just saying it to make you feel good either, y/n. It’s…easy talking to you. I want to take care of you and be there for you, but more than a friend or even a coworker or teammate. I didn’t want to say anything in the fear of making you uncomfortable or even not being sure of how I felt…I’ve had a rough past in the love department and I just…I didn’t wanna lose you in the event that this conversation did come up,” he says
“I know, Vulcan. I can tell by your eyes that you’re being sincere, that you mean every word…and I know that you’ve been through a lot…which is also why I didn’t want to pressure you into feeling like you had to say something. Honestly, I was prepared to act like I never said anything,” you say with a small laugh at the end
“Babydoll, your feelings are important and valid. I would never make you feel bad for having them. If I wasn’t ready to say anything, I wouldn’t have,” he said
He pulls you into a hug and massages the back of your head.
“I’ll protect you at all costs y/n. You mean a lot to me,” he says
He kisses your forehead and you look up at him. He looks back at you with soft eyes and you both just stare at each other for a moment.
“Y/n, could I m-maybe…kiss you,” he asks nervously
You let out a small laugh at his question
“Of course,” you say, a wide smile making its home on your face
He moves closer to you and you return, getting closer to him.
He places a soft and slow kiss on your lips, then slowly pulls away. You can feel the tension between your lips as he pulls away.
You place a hand on the back of his head and pull him close again, kissing him in the same way that his did to you. He pulls you closer, as close as your bodies can be.
Both of your breathing starts to quicken and you feel your bodies start to heat up. You pull away to catch your breath.
“Do you wanna..head inside,” you say breathlessly
“Mm,” is all he says and reaches his hand out for yours
Once your hand is in his, he interlocks your fingers and places a kiss on the back of your hand. You both make your way to the roof door and he opens it for you.
Still hold hands, you walk down the stairs until you make it to your room.
“Good night, sweet heart,” he’s says and goes to pull his hand away
“Wait…stay with me,” you say
He smiles
“Okay,” he says and you both enter your room
You lay down together and he cuddles you while caressing your head.
“Thank you Vulcan,” you say sleepily
“For what, darlin,” he asks curiously
“For being there for me and…for making me happy on my darkest days,” you say honestly
He lets out a small chuckle
“Don’t worry about it, darlin. Being with you…that’s more than enough. You don’t have to thank me,” he says
You scooch up a little on the bed and kiss his jaw.
He kisses your forehead then your nose and then moves down to your lips.
“Get some sleep, babydoll,” he says against your lips and places a quick peck
You move back down to his chest and close your eyes. His soft breaths and the sound of his heartbeat lull you to sleep.
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Thank you all so much for being patient for this post, I always have fun writing for Vulcan, even if it isn’t super character accurate/canon stuff, I think it’s nice to see him in a super fluffy and sweet light and I hope you all enjoy it as well.
