Act 5 Tea for Two

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Spock finally put his finger on what was different about this … meeting … with McCoy. The good doctor was not escorting him to this "simple tea party."

Spock had noticed that, ever since he had found Leonard in his quarters that day he had gotten food poisoning while on a landing party, Leonard has escorted him to his duty station, to the Mess Hall, to the Transporter Room even when the doctor wasn't assigned for landing party duty, and to and from his quarters.

Three times a week since the food poisoning episode, Spock found small gifts or other types of surprises. The latest was a naughty limerick about their dance in the woods.

McCoy had given to Spock, repeatedly, without requesting or requiring anything in return. The doctor had even shunned Spock's attempts to reciprocate. "Let me do this," he had pleaded.

Spock wondered what the good doctor had planned for this simple tea party.

Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone
Nobody near us to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations,
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear...

Day will break and you'll wake,
And start to bake a sugar cake
For me to take for all the boys to see.
We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Oh, can't you see how happy we would be...

(Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Irving Caesar and Otto Harbach, Book by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel)

"Come," Spock heard over the happy ditty coming from Leonard's audio system. He entered McCoy's quarters and found the doctor seated behind a desk piled with finger foods and a large pot of tea, the fragrance of which Spock found exotic and enticing.

Leonard held out a hand to his Vulcan. "Welcome, Spock," he said cheerily. "Have a seat."

Spock looked about for another chair. "What seat, Doctor?"

Leonard looked around in mock surprise. "Hmm," he mused. "Well, Spock, you'll just have to make do."

"'Make do'?" Spock repeated.

Leonard indicated his lap. Spock balked at the idea. Leonard snagged the Vulcan's hand and pulled him onto his lap without too much resistance.

"Where is this going?" Spock demanded.

"What's wrong with snuggling?" Leonard countered as he snaked his arms around Spock's waist.

"At our last encounter," Spock accused, "you knowingly left me with a raging … need."

"We weren't ready," McCoy answered. Leonard held a finger to Spock's lip as he began to protest. "I knew we weren't ready because I hadn't prepared you," the doctor continued. "I know that you have had relations with women only. It's a whole different dynamic when you make love to a man."

Leonard reached behind Spock and grabbed something off the counter. "Which brings me to today's gift," he added, putting a white computer disk (again tied with a scarlet ribbon) into Spock's hand.

Spock turned the unmarked disk in his hand.

"What is this?" he asked.

Leonard pulled Spock closer. "That, my heart, is a technical manual that I created just for you on the … mechanics involved in male love," he explained in a low voice. "You can look this over later. And I am sure that you will need this when you are finished." With that, McCoy pulled out a ribbon-bedecked jar.

Spock examined the unmarked container. "What is this?"

Leonard smiled gently. "It's lubricant," he answered, grinning at the verdant flush that tinged Spock's ears and cheeks. "The use of lube is covered on the disk. When you are ready, we'll take that next step." McCoy reached to the desk and poured Spock a mug of tea.

"What if I want to take that step now?" Spock asked in a sultry voice as he held his mug to Leonard's lips.

"I thought." McCoy paused to sip the tea Spock offered him. "I thought we'd go away at our earliest convenience to somewhere beautiful." McCoy paused to kiss Spock's cheek gently. "And discreet," Leonard kissed Spock's other cheek. "And without any nosy neighbors." The doctor then put some gusto into an assault on Spock's lips.

"I'll check our orders," Spock said breathlessly.

When McCoy was suddenly called away on a medical emergency, Spock decided to stay and clean up the remnants of the sandwiches, sweets and tea. He popped the tape into Leonard's computer and studied the good doctor's "technical manual." It began with a matter-of-fact recitation of male anatomy and male-on-male relations. Spock appreciated that candor. But ever so slowly, Leonard's voice on the tape began to get more and more seductive. The images went from anatomical slides to more pornographic images. Spock grew quite warm as he felt overcome by another "raging need."

Leonard sat in Spock's cabin, his eyes trained on the view screen. There had been no medical emergency for him. The good doctor knew that Spock couldn't resist watching the tape Leonard had created. Connecting to the small camera he had set up in his own cabin, Leonard was able to watch Spock's reaction to the tape. McCoy laughed aloud as he followed the Vulcan's gaze from his lap to the jar of lube and back.

Leonard rose from the desk and spoke toward the screen. "I'm a-comin', beautiful," he drawled. "I'll take care of your 'raging need.'"

Their trip to "someplace beautiful" would have to be one of their own making.

End Act 5

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