#also a bit Michael/Nyota for the soul

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Fellas Is It Gay To Be Bonded

I completely forgot to promote my fic but now that the fourth chapter is out, here's an illustration I did for it! It's little Spock and Jim on their bonding ceremony. More about the fic under the image description.

[Image description: Two similar versions of the same image; it's digital art as if done with coloured pencils. It shows two children, Jim and Spock, standing against the background of red Vulcan sky and ochre desert, from the chest up. They should be 7 and 8 in the picture but they look a little older. The sky is different shades of red and crimson, the horizon line is uneven. Spock is standing to the left. They are wearing an orange robe, with light yellow calligraphy running along the lapel. Their skin is pale and yellowish with a green undertone. They have black straight hair styled in a bowlcut, pointed ears and Vulcan eyebrows (angled up rather than down at the sides). Jim is standing to the right. He is wearing a similar robe of raspberry colour, with purple spirals of calligraphy running down the lapel. He's white, but his skintone is warmer and tanner than Spock's, and he has pink blush on his cheeks. His hair is light brown with golden accents, it's messy and cut short. Both Jim and Spock have their eyes closed. Jim is smiling openly, Spock's face is neutral, with just a slightest uptick of their mouth. In the second version of the picture, there is a dark purple glowing sillhouette superimposed over Jim and Spock; it's an adult whose back is to the viewer and they have their fingers on both Jim and Spock's meld points (thumb on the jaw, pointing finger on the cheekbone and middle finger on the temple). It's the healer that is bonding them. /end image description]

It's a TOS AU for those who love Vulcan culture, sibling relationships, oblivious Jim and queer realisations. Young love friends to lovers! Spock is a darling! Jim is, too, but he's kinda torturing Spock without realising it. Also there's George Kirk who's evil for no reason and some Jewish festivities!

summary:

Jim needs for Bones to stop calling Spock his secret spouse. Yes, they have been bonded since they were seven; yes, Jim is taking an emergency flight to Vulcan to fulfill his bondmate duty; yes, they are going to have sex; no, it’s not weird. It takes Jim about 2.5 days (and 14 years) to start conceding Bones’s point.

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