Ad Astra :: Star Trek Fanfiction Archive ^{Beam me up, Scotty.}

Less than twenty-four hours had passed since Kirk killed Pike and took his place, and already he acted with such easy confidence, as if he knew all his life that to command the ISS Enterprise was his destiny that he had prepared for all his life.

La’an kept to herself. She preferred it that way, and it was safer, but one could not always find solitude working on a busy starship. She said nothing when the Captain joined her on the turbolift; she gave him a respectful Terran salute and stood in silence with her eyes dead ahead, her back straight, and her hands clasped behind her. She only gave Kirk a sideways glance when she noticed that he had been eyeing her and licking his lips.

“You know, I may have inherited Marlena from Pike, but I can take liberties with whomever I please.”

La’an narrowed her eyes. “Is that so?”

Kirk took a step closer, but La’an moved quickly. She grabbed him by the shoulders and pinned him against the wall. “I would like to be with you, but I’ve seen the kind of women you take to bed. Understand that I am nothing like them.”

“That’s…why I want you.” Kirk’s voice was hungry and breathy. La’an pressed her body against his and felt that he was already getting hard.

“Are you sure?” she whispered in his ear. “Because I don’t care who you are, in bed you belong to me and are mine to use as I please.”

“I’m sure.”