Title: Adding Spice
Author: Ruth White
Fandom: Star Trek TOS
Rating: PG 13 due to a kiss
Summary: Amanda sorts out her new kitchen on Shi’Kahr and gets distracted by
Sarek.
Disclaimers: Star Trek and its characters belong to
"What is it?" Amanda asked Sarek as she examined the container with
its fine blue-white crystals.
"Yon-alem,"
Sarek replied. "It is used as a condiment. I am informed it is
non-deleterious to human biological systems."
"Really?" Amanda asked dipped the tip of her
finger into the pot. A few crystals stuck to the tip.
"I would not lie about such an important matter." Sarek raised an
eyebrow.
Amanda smothered a smile, Sarek look
positively affronted at the suggestion. She touched her finger to the tip of
her tongue. The fine crystals dissolved on contact with the moist surface. An
explosion of heat blossomed in her mouth. Amanda frantically grabbed a glass of
water and drank.
"Are you all right?" Sarek asked, eyeing her flushed face and frantic
motions with some concern.
It took two or three swallows before the burning sensation subsided and Amanda
was able to speak. "Well," she
gasped, “it might not actively harm a human, but it certainly burns!"
"Oh." Sarek sighed. "That information was not available."
Amanda studied Sarek as she resealed the pot. If he had been human, she would
have suspected him of playing a practical joke. However seeing the worry in his
eyes, Amanda knew he had been unaware of the effects on a human. "I take it, it
isn't like eating liquid fire for a Vulcan?"
"On the contrary," Sarek replied. "That is why it is called
'fire' salt."
"Damn, I should have listened more carefully!" Amanda smiled ruefully
as she placed it in the cupboard on her left.
Sarek frowned slightly. "Did you mean to place it there, considering its
affect on you?"
"Yes." Amanda smiled at him. "Sometimes it's nice to add a
little spice to a dish."
Sarek gazed at his wife as she turned back to sorting the supplies in the kitchen
of her new home. Her heightened colour brought out the blue in her eyes. Her
lips were slightly parted as if still trying to cool her tongue, almost begging
to be kissed. Aware of a very different fire growing within him, Sarek decided
to accept the invitation. "Yes."
He nodded, gathering her into his arms. "Sometimes it is."
Amanda smiled as his eyes darkened as he bent his head to kiss her. Sorting
could wait.