The Vulcan Cinnamon Roll (Spock x reader)

Chapter 3: Twice a meeting

Even after your shift and after a cold shower, you kept seeing those eyes. You didn't know what he was thinking or if he was actually a friendly person. He looked like a cold and logical no nonsense kind of person. All you hoped was that you wouldn't bump into him and embarrass yourself.

Moving swiftly to the corridor to bring in your finished reports and held your PADD in your hand. These reports had to be delivered by 18 hours and you were early as it was 16:57. You made sure your reports were ready on time and since your superior liked the fact that you never missed a deadline they most of the time gave you the rest of your day off after delivering the reports. You grabbed you PADD to look at the time and THUD-

You collided with a hard surface. As you were about to fall backwards you felt someone grab your back to prevent you from tripping. When you looked up you saw those same brown eyes, but they were so... human.

"Ah, I-I'm s-sorry," you stuttered as your face heated up from the closeness, "I didn't notice my attentio- , u-uhm I meant I-I didn't pay yo- my attention-" His face was blank as he raised an eyebrow. You took a step back as you looked into his eyes, trying to lessen the air of awkwardness.

Closing your eyes in embarrassment and taking a deep breath you tried again, "I'm sorry, I wasn't paying a-attention." Straightening your posture you avoided his eyes and tried to look for your PADD.

"The fault was mine as I was deep in thoughts and was not aware of my surroundings," the Vulcan said with an even and stoic voice, "I believe this is yours."

He held out your PADD. You must've let it go when you collided. Muttering a thanks when you grabbed your PADD you apologized quietly once again and scuttled away before he could see your red embarrassed face.

You felt tears on the corners of your eyes as your face burned. All you needed was to take a few deep breaths, bring in your reports and after that you could retreat to your quarters. Your face felt hot after that mortifying encounter. You hadn't bumped into anyone in the last few months, which meant you were successful at avoiding such encounters. Normally you wouldn't be THIS embarrassed, but he did not look shaken up at all. After awkward social situations you'd rather be alone to hide, but you'd always find it funny how awkward you were in the moment.

After bringing in your reports you went to your quarters and went for a shower. Drying your hair, you thought you could hang in the mess hall a bit to snack and search for more information for your little research. Tilly and Michael might join you since their shifts ended soon so you might have a little company and talk about your, now after you got some shower time to think about it, hilariously awkward encounter.

You felt better after a good shower and some alone time, so you went to the mess hall. While walking to the mess hall you heard your PADD ping.

[Tilly]: Oh (Y/n) sorry we can't make it this evening. Problem with the spore drive. And Mr. Stamets needs us to do routine check-ups, which take quite a lot of time. And of course, reruns certain simulations and make sure the calculations are correct. I'm still so sorry we can't eat together this evening.

You chuckled at how much the redhead was explaining, they had to do their jobs and you understood that.

[y/n]: It's fine Tilly, I'll survive an evening without you guys. But I'm pretty sure the spore drive won't, so get to work. I'll see you tomorrow.

Sending the message, you entered the mess hall and saw it was quite empty, so you grabbed your food from the replicator and grabbed a seat at the window.

While reading an interesting study that might contain usable information, you saw something move in the corner of your eye. You ignored it and kept your focus on your PADD.

Suddenly you saw someone with a plate with salad and tea standing next to your table. You looked up and saw those same brown eyes from a few hours ago. Your brows crunched together as you looked at him confused.

He glanced at the seat opposite of you. "May I sit?"

~~Sleepydaydream

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