Consumed by thistlerose(R)

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Fandom: STAR TREK:REBOOT 
Characters/Pairings:  Kirk, Spock, McCoy
Length: ~5400
Author on LJ:  thistlerose 
Author Website: also at AO3

Why this must be read: He wishes he could share it, this joy, this knowledge that he isn't alone anymore. This is a wonderful and chilling take on the mpreg trope. Kirk believes he is pregnant, and while it is true that he has something inside him, but it is certainly *not* a child. 

He doesn’t care how it happened. And he’s just enough of a scientist for that to bother him vaguely, but…

It doesn’t matter.

All that matters is that it happened. He has this thing growing inside him, and it’s good. His hand slips below the blanket, under his t-shirt and pajama pants, and strokes the warm, smooth skin of his belly. There’s no swell yet, but he knows.

Warmth suffuses him. He could lie in bed all day, stroking his body, waiting for an answering nudge from the thing growing inside him. He would, if he thought he could get away with it. But he’s the captain and he has other duties. Obligations. His absence would arouse suspicion.

No one can know about this. It’s his secret, his charge. He has to protect it, no matter the cost.

Consumed