Gone | Jim Kirk | STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

Keeping You

Jim is on the bed flashing a soft, lazy smile at Carolynn, who too is on the bed beside him. Both of them are breathing heavily.

Carolynn shifts her gaze from the ceiling to her right side, at the man. "Why are you smiling like that?"

Jim grabs a hold of her left hand with his right and laces their fingers. He nods his head slightly in a 'no' and says, "Nothing..just happy."

He then proceeds to bring her hand towards his lips. Carolynn closes her eyes as Jim places a wet kiss on her pulse making her smile. He himself smiles against her wrist.

"Marry me." He whispers against her hand.

This makes her eyes snap open. "What?" She asks. Her lips parted. Her eyebrows raised in question.

Jim laces their fingers once again. He looks into her eyes and tries again. "Rose, I thought I'd prepare a grand-ass speech or something like that. But I guess I'm only good at talking a lot while I'm giving orders. And I cant expect you listen to me if I order you to marry me, right? I mean, I can't say, "Lieutenant Pike, Marry Me." I can't-" He stops and lets Carolynn recover from her laughter.

He then sits up, pulling the girl up with him. "I can't ask you to do that, right?--"

"James. Calm down." she smiles, grabbing his bare shoulders. "Right. Now, tell me what you want to say. Without rambling. Okay? GO."

Jim exhales heavily and takes her hands in his. "I would love for you to grow old with me, Rose. The best is yet to be and it begins from the moment you say yes. Carolynn Rose Pike, will you do me the honor of being my wife? Will you let me make you a Mrs. Kirk? My Mrs. Kirk. Will you marry me?"

Carolynn pulls her hands out of his hold and exhales. "I'll think about it, Jim. I'll umm I'll let you know." She says and sees his face fall. He then nods his head in an understanding manner. "Okay." he mutters.

"Can I..Can I get a hug though?" Carolynn asks.

"Yeah. Sure." He says. His voice barely audible.

Carolynn pulls the man in a hug. Jim wraps his hands around her waist hesitantly. "Yes." She whispers into his ears.

Jim breaks their hug and looks at the girl. "Huh? what?" He asks. His eyes widened a bit.

"Yes, James. I will marry you." Carolynn laughs. "I will be your Mrs. Kirk."

She watches his eyes brighten up. He lets out a laugh and leans forward. They both place their foreheads against each other. Their eyes closed.

"Shit." Jim mutters and gets off of his bed. He opens his wardrobe and starts going through it.

"What's wrong?" Carolynn asks.

"I almost forgot." He says not turning back at the girl. Carolynn pulls his blue comforter up, to cover her bare chest. "You almost forgot what, James?"

"This!" Jim says, pulling a blue box out of the wardrobe. He opens the box to reveal an engagement ring. A blue diamond, sitting on its throne with six smaller diamonds, three on each side of the stone.

"Can't get engaged to someone without an engagement-fucking-ring." Jim says going down on one knee.

Carolynn lets out a laugh and takes his appearance in. He is stark naked. So is she, but she at least has a comforter covering herself up. He on the other hand is dressed in his birthday suit. She shoves these thoughts aside and places her left hand on his palm. He slides the ring onto her ring finger and places a kiss on it. Jim, then gets up and captures her lips in a sweet smooch.

"It has a little engraving on the inside." Jim says.

"Really?" Carolynn raises her eyebrows in question as she removes the ring.

"Mmhmm." Jim hums in reply.

Carolynn reads the engraving aloud, "Her shots on me." She looks at her man and they both burst out laughing. The both remember, the first time they'd met at the bar in Iowa.

"Make that two. Her shots on me." Carolynn says imitating Jim's voice. "That's the first thing you said to me. Was that that really the best you could do?" She rolls her eyes.

"Yeah. Maybe, that was bad. But look where that brought us." Jim says, his voice laced with emotion. He takes her hand and keeps admiring the ring.

"You can keep it if you like it so much." Carolynn teases him. She squeals when he lunges forward and begins to tickle her sides. "Nyah." He pauses for a while and goes on to say,

"I'm keeping you, with it."

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GUYS, ISTG, THIS CHAPTER IS SHORT, BUT I TRIED TO WRITE IT EXACTLY HOW I ENVISIONED IT. I'M LOWKEY TEMPTED TO WRITE A WEDDING CHAPTER, BUT ALL I HAVE IS, YOU, MY ADORABLE GHOST READERS.

I WILL WRITE THE WEDDING OF JAMES TIBERIUS KIRK AND CAROLYNN ROSE PIKE.

K BYE!

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