[Rifts in the Boredom of Forced Sick Leave] -- [Open]

[kirktastic]

Things had gone... interestingly the night of the party. The small memory put a smile to Kirk's face, despite his complete boredom and annoyance at still being trapped in his room. He could leave, he could walk around, but there was nothing he could do. Damn CMO's orders

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[letspunchit]

Chris had decided to take it upon himself to talk to Jim about what had happened at the party - since George had been MIA ever since and the prospect of Jim and Winnie voluntarily getting together to chat was about as likely as...well, as Jim and Winnie voluntarily getting together to chat.

So he'd been wandering the corridors around the Captain's quarters for a while, watching people come and go - though Captain Kirk was on sick leave, his duties never seemed to cease. Now, he was tolerably sure Jim was alone.

He took a deep breath and pressed the door chime.

[kirktastic]

With a glass just appearing in the small replicator in his quarters, Kirk actually started at the buzzer. He left the glass where it was and walked over to the door, "Who is it?" Into the buzzer.

[letspunchit]

"It's Pike," Chris said simply. "Sorry to disturb you, but d'you have a minute?"

[kirktastic]

Just who I do and don't want to talk to. Kirk thought to himself, and opened the door. He gave a tired smile, the very edges of his eyes red. "Come on in, sir."

[letspunchit]

Kirk was looking extremely weary, and Chris gave him a small, apologetic smile as he entered the room. "How are you doing?"

[kirktastic]

"I'm doing." He said quietly, just a little bluntly. He walked over to the replicator and held up the glass. "Want something?" He offer. Sitting on the bed was the newly found guitar.

[letspunchit]

"No, thank you." Chris glanced over at the guitar in surprise. He hadn't pictured Jim Kirk as the musical type...but then, there didn't seem to be much else he couldn't do, so maybe it was to be expected.

Chris wasn't sure exactly how to start what he'd come to say. "I, uh...I need to talk to you about something, Jim." He paused. "Have either of your parents been to see you today?"

[kirktastic]

"Actually, I needed to talk to you pretty much anyway." Kirk agreed, gesturing for Pike to have a seat. He flopped onto the bed. "Nah, haven't seen them," Not thinking twice about it.

[letspunchit]

"Okay. Just checking. I didn't know if they would've - well, if George would've come to talk to you...probably not, actually. I don't think he'd be too happy about me telling you this, but I think you need to know."

He was rambling already; fantastic. Chris leaned forward a little and laced his fingers together, resting elbows on knees. "We've never discussed George's and Winona's and my relationship much. Or...ever, really."

[kirktastic]

Kirk just blinked at Pike for several moments, then licked his lips. "..I never really felt the need to discuss it." His expression, and voice, had changed to something almost wary despite an attempt to obviously hide it.

[letspunchit]

Chris nodded slowly, more in observation of Jim's suddenly gun-shy attitude than what he'd said, though he'd expected both.

"George asked Winnie and I to marry him yesterday," he said, words coming out rather abruptly. But there was no use beating around the bush.

[kirktastic]

...Oh. Oh. "Well, congratulations." He said bluntly.

[letspunchit]

"A little premature. It's not happening." The fingers of his right hand twisted the new band on his left ring finger, almost unconsciously. He wouldn't usually have allowed the emotional tell, but it wasn't like he was hiding this. "I said yes, but she said no."

He didn't know if Jim would budge enough to show any surprise or curiosity on the Winona front, but he waited.

[kirktastic]

That was actually a hell of a surprise. "What? Why not?" He stared at Pike. ...Fuck. George's heart had to be broken by that. "But you and Dad, then? Mo--Winnie'll come around."

[letspunchit]

Chris shook his head. "Not me and your dad, no. It's all three of us or no go, Jim. That's...sort of why I wasn't around when you and Sam were growing up." But that was a whole other thing altogether. "The thing is - Winnie said no because of the way things are with you guys. She feels that as long as your relationship with her is the way it is, she can't commit to being in any kind of a family unit."

He looked down at his hands, swallowing hard. It sounded strange and bald, said out like that, for such a complicated emotional situation.

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Kirk just... frowned. What? "What? Sir... that doesn't even make sense. Why the hell does she care?" He hesitated, hands coming up, "Not like that. I mean, why is she basing her happiness on Sam and I? She never did before."