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[ The feed clicks on to show Jim in a garage leaning against the open hood of a car, a dark-haired woman wrapped in his arms. Chinning her shoulder, he leans over to press fond, familiar kisses over her jaw and cheek, wherever he can reach. The good humor of his chuckles is echoed as the screen wobbles. ]

Is this thing on? [ The nuzzle to her neck is playful, as punishments go, for distracting him. Hi, City. ] Hey, this is Saya. We're, uh ... We're together. Bones, Spock, I want you to meet her tonight at dinner.

[She tips her head, every time he goes for a kiss, to try and catch his mouth, but the truth is she's not trying hard, because she's enjoying the attention. Anyone who knows her, who's seen with, and even who's slept with her knows that this isn't typical behavior.

But then she turns her attention on the camera, because Jim said something and it actually did cut through the haze of the honeymoon.]

It won't take long, I don't think. If that's a concern.

It's not a concern, don't worry! They're nice guys. [ Jim, too, appears a little more smitten than he's been with anyone or anything since he was commissioned for his ship. He squeezes his arms around her waist. ] You can stay as long as you want.

[There's a pause, and the corners of her lips curl up in a smile that is more real than her usual one.]

So dinner - and we'll see how it goes from there.

[She takes a moment, and finally catches Jim's mouth, and there's a kiss, as she reaches over and turns the feed off.]

(OOC: Lovestruck curse! Replies will be coming from both Jim and Saya, who got hit by Stupid Cupid.)

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The feeling will fade.

I want you to be able to find a way home.

[ But he shakes his head. Jim isn't any great stranger to wanting something so badly he feels his very bones pining, but he's also a captain. There are standards he holds himself to, on and off duty, whether the choices are easy or excruciatingly painful. ]

I'm sorry, but no. I should go.

[ Turning on his heel to leave. ]

[This isn't-

This isn't a good feeling. No wonder humans are so caught up with their hearts, if this is the kind of pain it causes. Like being ripped in two.

She can't handle it, she's not designed to handle it, and she cries out like it's really her heart being ripped out of her body, and not just Jim walking away.]

I don't care if it's a curse, I don't care if it hurts not to be with her. She's your girlfriend. What the hell is wrong with you? Just because we might be messed up doesn't mean it's okay to give me permission to ...

[ To do a host of things to another man's partner. The idea of it is offensive enough. ]

I'm heading home, Chase. You do what you want, but I'd rather have a broken heart than maim someone else's. I suggest you get down here, she's. She'll need you.

[ He squeezes her hand. It's a silent Thank you beyond mere words. There's suddenly a lot more to tell his crew. ]

[Woah woah woah.]

I'm not giving you permission. [Far from it. He'd have been gearing up for a fight, but Jim backed out at the first offensive and Chase isn't going to pick one for the hell of it. He's been here long enough not to lay the blame for a curse at the victim's door.

Or at least to try.

And Saya's already told him exactly what she won't be sharing with Jim Kirk today. There's no question of any of the host of things Chase can't deny ran through his head at first actually happening.] I'm giving you the facts. If the curse is letting you have any kind of choice in the matter then you're lucky. Some of them are harder to override.

[He understands that. He tries.

He nods.] I appreciate the effort.

[ Sorry, darling. Even if it's the fairy tale forever after kind, love can't beat honor in this captain.

And so, that's how Jim eventually leaves the garage, cutting off the feed absent-mindedly as he does so. ]

I know. She's amazing. She's a genius, did you know that?

Great. She's in the garage, I'm heading out.

[ Away, anywhere. Back to Bones who'll understand even if he tells Jim he's an idiot over and over. The person he wants to be around right now isn't the woman he's cursed to love, but his oldest friend. He knows without a shadow of a doubt that that is real. ]

Love shouldn't feel like this.

[ He cuts the connection, refusing to deal with the pain in his chest in front of anyone. ]

I had a hunch, yeah. What's she a genius in?

Edited 2013-08-20 22:10 (UTC)

What isn't she a genius in? Chemistry. Math. Archaic Latin.

Do not have sex.

[Too abrupt?]

I'm starting to think you guys are a little too invested in my love-life.

Invested in not being invested [or inwested, as the case may be], but this is a curse. It has happened before, it's not real.

[Love shouldn't feel like this?

In Chase's experience, love means accepting that feeling like this is inevitable. He's just hopeless when it comes to avoiding taking that risk.

And he'll go to her. Of course he will. Because Saya's the only person he knows for who that really might be true. Love shouldn't feel like this. Nothing should feel like this. Nothing should feel.

It's going to crawl under her skin for days the way it will crawl under his (he'll try and keep that part quiet).

Of course he'll go.]

[ With this call coming through before Jim's talk with Bones, he's more than a little blithe about the whole subject. ]

Chekov, don't worry. We're both capable of making our own decision. Mature decisions, if you need that clarified.

[By the time he gets there, she's sitting inside of a car, her fingers fidgeting with the steering column, but not actually doing anything. All her eyes - all six of them - are open, but that's the only indication that something's wrong.

But it's one hell of an indication.]

Yes, I understand, and I think that both of you are cursed which will make your mature decisions unfortunate.

Not right now. I doubt it will, she's perfect.

[ Famous last words. ]

You're concerned about me falling in love?

That was your theme tune.

I am, but only because there is a curse. [He over annunciates the word just in case the accent is helping Jim completely miss the curse part of this equation.] Tomorrow, you won't be in love.

I might be. You don't know because you don't feel the same way.

[He lets himself into the garage...]

Edited 2013-08-20 22:42 (UTC)

Then consider waiting until tomorrow to do something regrettable?

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