[Star Trek: Drabble] "Gazing" [G]
Title: Gazing
Prompt: writerverse challenge #37 quick fic amnesty, prompt ‘all the stars in the sky’
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Star Trek TOS (pre-series)
Character(s): Amanda Grayson, Spock
Summary: Amanda takes her small son stargazing.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Gazing
Spock held tightly to his mother’s hand as they walked into the woods, careful not to trip in the darkness. Soon, the trees began to thin, and Amanda turned toward an open, grassy area. She unfolded the blanket from under her arm and lay on it, tugging Spock down beside her.
“What do you see, my son?” she asked.
He raised a hand, remembering his stellar cartography lessons. “That star is designated Gamma Draconis, orbited by-”
“Not what you know, Spock,” his mother interrupted. “What you see.”
“I… I see the stars,” he said, uncertainly, but she laughed.
“Good.”
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow
Prompt: writerverse challenge #37 quick fic amnesty, prompt ‘all the stars in the sky’
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Original/Fandom: Star Trek TOS (pre-series)
Character(s): Amanda Grayson, Spock
Summary: Amanda takes her small son stargazing.
Note(s): originally posted to the writerverse wv_library
Gazing
Spock held tightly to his mother’s hand as they walked into the woods, careful not to trip in the darkness. Soon, the trees began to thin, and Amanda turned toward an open, grassy area. She unfolded the blanket from under her arm and lay on it, tugging Spock down beside her.
“What do you see, my son?” she asked.
He raised a hand, remembering his stellar cartography lessons. “That star is designated Gamma Draconis, orbited by-”
“Not what you know, Spock,” his mother interrupted. “What you see.”
“I… I see the stars,” he said, uncertainly, but she laughed.
“Good.”
THE END
Current Mood:
mellow