I have no life but this,
To lead it here;

-Emily Dickinson

.reunion.

Spock rematerialized back on the Enterprise, seconds before his ship collided with the Narada. He stands for a second, frozen, shaken. Kirk and Pike stumble off the pad towards doctors. Scott laughs at his transporting achievement.

Behind the doctor's Spock sees her; he steps off the pad, takes long strides across the room. They only have this moment, the fight is not over yet. In this instant, he needs to touch her, feel her skin against his. He crashes into her, taking her hands into his own. Their fingers lace, a human gesture that he's never experienced, but feels natural all the same.

They do not speak; he puts his forehead to hers, she touches his neck, his jaw line. In this moment, this fraction of time his love for her is overwhelming. "I told you I would be back," he says in a hushed voice. She nods, squeezes his hand.