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Nocturnal
Marlinsart (Marlinspirkhall)
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Kirk is sad to wake up to an empty bed, but Spock returns to surprise him.
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Written by Marlinspirkhall. Illustrations by Sweet-prroncito.
(See the end of the work for more notes.)
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[Image ID] Title Page: A black background surrounded by illustrated stars.
Text: Title: Nocturnal
Text: Marlinspirkhall, illustrated by Sweet-Sugarcubbe
PAGE 01: Digital illustrations in black and white. The Enterprise flies through space. Kirk wakes up, looks out of the window, and turns to see an empty bed. Clock on bedside table reads 05:47. Zoom out. Kirk is sitting in an empy room. Text: Dating a guy who's practically nocturnal has its drawbacks. [/text]
PAGE 03: Kirk pours coffee, steam spills across the page. Text: It has its perks, too.. [/text] Kirk stares at the mirror and looks sadly at Spock's toothbrush in their shared toothbrush cup. Text: But this is definitely one of the drawbacks. [/text]
PAGE04: Kirk is sitting at a table with a coffee feeling sorry for himself. He looks sadly at a cat sitting on the desk. The cat says "mau", and Kirk sighs.
PAGE 05: A door opens.
Colour: The comic begins to be drawn in sepia tones.
Text: *SLIIID* [/text] Kirk looks around as Spock steps through the door.
Zoom on Spock.
Text: Spock: "Ashayam--"
PAGE 06: Text: Spock: You are awake. Kirk: I couldn't sleep. Neither, it seems, could you. Spock: There was an incident in the science lab.
PAGE 07: Spock kisses Kirk on the forehead. The illustration is surrounded by stars and love hearts.
Text: Smek smek.
Spock touches Kirk's face.
Text: Kirk l: You-- have too many duties on this ship.
Kirk: Maybe the Captain can do something about it.
Spock: Maybe he can.
PAGE 08: Spock: We should return to bed.
He leads Kirk by the hand.
Text: Kirk: We won't get much sleep.
PAGE 09: Kirk: We only have an hour before we have to get up again.
Spock pulls Kirk into a hug and buries his face in his neck.
Spock: Sleep was not my intention.
Kirk: ... Oh. [End image ID]
This comic was originally published in the 2023 Star Trek Terms Of Service fanzine.
Thank you to Alhe (Sweet-prroncito) for collaborating with me and giving me permission to upload this to ao3.
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