Dr. David Marcus

Any amount of time with Saavik. I don't care where as long as we don't have to deal with any wars, being captured, or anything like that.

If this nightmare on Praxis ever ends, I'm going to become a social worker...Hell of a lot better than being a scientist right now.

War crimes and crimes against sentient life.

Hard to come by in the Klingon Empire but I love it when I can get it.

An 8 or 9, depends on the day...

Who would want to roleplay with me...?

David James Marcus

I don't get much sleep so it depends on the night, I guess...

Thanks...

You're welcome, Mom. I'll try to be a good older brother.

I...didn't expect that, but I'm happy for both of you.

*He collected himself and smiled widely, the first time he had in a long time.*

*His jaw dropped and his mouth hung open while he processed the news.*

Oh? What is it?

I love you, Mom, and I want to learn to love Marcella too.

I hope so...

*He hugged both her and his mother.*

Thanks, Marcella...I'm sorry. I know you're not trying to replace my father...I'm sorry I ever thought you were.

Thanks, Mom...really.

I need you, Mom...and...I need Marcella too...You're all I've got left...I just want to make all this pain go away...

I'm...conflicted. I know I can't expect you to be alone for the rest of your life, and I really want to like Marcella, but...I'm going through a lot right now, with Praxis, trauma from Kruge, and...Saavik...

And I'm still very proud to be Admiral James T. Kirk's son...though my mother seems to have moved on...

// Adios!

And thanks to my impatience, the Federation now has the most powerful weapon of war since the nuclear bomb...

Sharing my life with Saavik would be mine.

*David found it difficult to accept his mother's relationship with @marcelladifalco1.bsky.social. She was a good person, and he did like her, but he felt like his mother didn't care about his father's memory...*

Yeah...

I worry about her too.

Thanks, Sybok...I hope someday I can call you my brother-in-law as well as my friend. That's up to Saavik, though...

Maybe. We'll see, I guess...Saavik is more important to me, though.

Yeah...I don't know if I can be a good father with everything I've been through over the past eight years.