Moments Between by Little Red (PG)

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Fandom: STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE
Pairing: Trip/T'Pol
Author on LJ: mylittleredgirl
Author Website: out of the badlands
Why this must be read: Little Red gets into Trip's head with this fic, showing us his thoughts on T'Pol, and their relationship, as he tries to deal with the fact that he's just been suddenly left for the altar by the woman he loves. Also featuring T'Les, this story is kinda sad, kinda sweet, and extremely well-written.

"T'Les?" It feels rude not to address her as a Mrs., but here on this world, it isn't. T'Pol has told him that Vulcans do have a second name, one humans would find unpronounceable. She whispered hers, once, into the pillows when he pestered her and tickled her spine and promised not to even try and butcher it with his human vocal tract. He felt something then, something sad, like never hearing her own name spoken aloud by a voice other than her own was a glimpse of what she had given up by leaving the High Command, and what she was still giving up by being with him.

Strangely, the only time he has ever felt certain that she really was ever with him was the moment she called it off.

Moments Between