Title: FORGIVE ME, MY LOVE

Author: T'Lin

Series: TOS

Codes: S/Ch

Notes: This is a drabble, in answer to the challenge from the SpockandChristine list: Write a story where Christine dies.............. either illness or accident. She and Spock can be friends, lovers, or married bondmates. How does she die, and how does Spock cope?

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T'Lin -- June 2000

Spock sat, stunned.

After all they had been through ... all the close calls and life or death situations ... to have her die like this was unfathomable.

But there she was ... cold and lifeless. To think that such a tiny bug could be so deadly ... it was beyond his comprehension.

As the Doctor and Captain approached, he took her in his arms for the first, and last time. "Forgive me, my love ... I always thought we would have more time."

McCoy called the ship, "four to beam up," as the tears slid unacknowledged down Spock's cheek.