Handyman by Judith Gran This was written in response to a challenge issued by Ruth Gifford on ASCEM. Additional inspiration comes from my trusty Ryobi DS2000 detail sander. The version here is a 23d century update. Ryobi created the sander, Gene Roddenberry created Kirk and Spock, and Paramount and Viacom own all the rights to Star Trek, except, of course, the right to make fair use of it, which is all I'm doing here. No one makes money from fan fiction, and this story is no exception. If you want to make a living you're better off in the hardware business. This story involves explicit sex between two men and their toys. All manner of feedback welcome, no holds barred. Please feel free to post feedback to the group. ************************************* James Kirk lowered his aircar gently and looked at the square, sand-colored building in front of him with a strong, sweet pang of nostalgia. His first after school job as a schoolboy back in Iowa had been at a place just like this. As he climbed out of the aircar and walked from the parking lot to the large front door, he inhaled the fragrance of fresh-sawn cedar with a sigh of deep pleasure. The scents and sounds of this place, and even the garish orange trim and awning, said "home" to him. The truth was that James Kirk, captain of the Enterprise, nemesis of Klingons and Romulans and the most celebrated starship commander in the Fleet, was at heart a romantic who had long dreamed of a home and family to return to from his long, strenuous voyages. Some of his closest friends would be surprised to learn that this brilliant explorer and military leader harbored secret fantasies of caring for a home and garden. Fantasies of long, leisurely afternoons planting shrubs and tilling the lawn, of fixing things around the house, or remodeling a room to the admiring gaze of wife and children. *Funny, though,* Kirk thought to himself as the solid, transparent aluminum doors of the Starbase 17 Home Depot opened automatically before him, *I haven't had those fantasies in quite a while. Maybe I've finally accepted the fact that my job just isn't compatible with a wife and a home and kids.* But the fact was, he did feel a warm glow of anticipation as he looked around the vast warehouse. He didn't have to probe the feeling very deeply before he was able to acknowledge its source. Spock. He was looking forward to fixing up the room Spock would occupy when he arrived on the starbase three days from now. Kirk grabbed a cart on anti-gravs to hold his purchases and pushed it to the end of the store where the lumber was stored. He needed lumber to repair the window in the second bedroom. It was leaky and drafty and Spock would be most uncomfortable in the room if he didn't fix it. He picked up several pieces of lumber of the right size and shape to fashion into a new sill and trim, then added a couple of lengths of sash bead to his cart. He'd get some caulk from another aisle in the store. Kirk had made a list, but he really didn't need to look at it. He knew he had to buy a chain to replace the one in the window pulley apparatus that had rusted away long ago. He'd also need to paint the sill and trim, of course. And as he pointed his cart in the direction of the paints and primers, he remembered that although he had a saw at home, he didn't have a sander. He decided to take a detour through the tools department. He and four friends from his class at the Academy had bought the little house in the woods near Starbase 17 on a whim years ago, when they were attending an extended training course on the Starbase and were tired of staying in hotels and military quarters. The other four used it occasionally, but Kirk had stayed there only a handful of times in the last fifteen years. He was here now only because his ship was in orbit about the starbase for major repairs on the matter-anti-matter engines. He'd welcomed the break and the chance to be alone, to take long walks in the woods and hole up in front of the fire with a dozen good books. He'd done little else but that for the week they'd been there, but now he was beginning to feel restless. Fixing the window and smartening up Spock's room would be just what he needed to work off some excess energy. Face it, he was feeling lonely, too. He was looking forward enormously to Spock's arrival when he returned in three days from a trip to Vulcan to visit his family. His thoughts drifted into pleasant visions of long talks by the fire, chess, perhaps a long hike in the woods .... Yet, at the same time, he felt a vague sense of unease. With the relentless honesty that had always served him well as a starship commander, he tried to analyze his own feelings. If truth be told, it was Spock's visit to Vulcan that bothered him. He strongly suspected that Spock had gone home to talk to his family about marriage. It had been almost two years since the debacle with T'Pring, and you didn't have to be a Zee Magnee Prize winner to figure out that Spock and his family had to be concerned about his unbonded state. *So why does that bother you so much?* Kirk asked himself as he perused the aisles, looking for the tools and equipment he needed to sand the new window trim. *He's your friend, and you want him to be happy, don't you?* Well, yes, he wanted Spock to be happy, and he certainly didn't want him to die in the *plak tow,* but nothing could shake the dread he felt when he contemplated what the future might bring for Spock--and himself. What if Spock married a woman who would insist he leave Starfleet? Marriage would mean children, and surely, if Spock were a father, he would not choose to serve on another long-term mission in deep space. Kirk paused to study a row of sanders, intent on finding a tool of the right design. Most were too big and inflexible for the job he had in mind. Finally he spotted a compact, cylindrical tool designed to work in small spaces, on wood trim and other detailed applications. He reached for the tool and picked it up to examine it more closely. It was about 22 centimeters long and just fat enough for him to close his fingers around. The housing for the tiny but powerful battery-driven motor was made of a flexible but durable plastic. He squeezed it, found it gave slightly, then sprung back. He found that he enjoyed the sensation and squeezed again. The tool had a retractable head on which sandpaper could be mounted for close-up work in the nooks and crannies of woodwork. Perfect. Just the thing he needed. It was really a most attractive tool, Kirk thought to himself. Not quite a perfect cylinder, but sleek, a little thicker toward the end where the sanding head was housed. He turned it on and the battery motor hummed softly. The tool throbbed pleasantly in his hand. *Nice feeling,* Kirk thought to himself. *Almost like holding my own cock when I'm really turned on.* He tried to label the unusual color, decided "spruce" was probably the appropriate name. It was a dusky, bluish green, rather like-- Kirk stared at the tool in a sudden wave of embarrassment at the sudden image of Spock that leaped into his mind. He'd worked closely with his First Officer for four years now, and with due allowance for Vulcan modesty, he'd seem him undressed on more than one occasion. The sander was the exact color of Spock's genitals. Matter of fact, although he had never seen Spock with an erection (not that he hadn't wondered what he'd look like with one), the size and shape were probably right in the ballpark, too. The sander was still throbbing, and Kirk had a sudden, forbidden thought of what it would be like to hold a large, hard, Vulcan cock in his hand. His First Officer's cock. His face flaming, Kirk put the sander in his cart and looked around for sandpaper. End of Part 1. Part 2 of 3. See disclaimer in part 1. Kirk swept his hand over the neighboring display of sandpaper, scooped up a selection in different grits ranging from coarse to fine, 40 to 180, and put it in the cart after the sander. His eye caught a package of paper rated 500, and he touched it curiously, found he could barely feel its roughness. *I'll bet Spock's tongue would feel like that if he --* He clamped down the thought firmly, but put the sandpaper in his cart anyway.. *Can't have too fine a grit for finishing work,* he told himself innocently. He moved on to the aisle with windows and accessories in search of a chain to replace the broken one in the window. He found a perfect match, measured out the length he would need and, on an impulse, doubled it before he cut it off the wheel. He had a sudden image of the metal, delicate but strong, against Spock's olive-tinged skin. He thought about what it would be like to bind Spock's wrists with it--his wrists that also were delicate but strong. More than once he had noticed that Spock had just about the sexiest wrists in Starfleet. Kirk's next stop was the aisle with wallpapering supplies, where he selected an understated striped pattern, elegantly masculine. He hoped Spock would like it. Remembering the age of the house and the dubious straightness of the walls and floor, he searched for a plumb line. He choose a simple, old-fashioned apparatus consisting of a weight, string and chalk. You coated the string with chalk, pinned it to the wall, let gravity and the weight pull it down straight, flicked the string and voila--you had a nice straight line to guide you in placing the wallpaper. Simple, but effective. Suddenly, Kirk imagined coating the string with Argelian aphrodisiac powder, holding it firmly at the back of Spock's neck, letting the weight pull it down his spine and into the crevice between the cheeks of his ass. He shivered deliciously at the thought of how Spock would feel when he flicked the string. He thought of Spock doing it to him, and a sudden burst of heat rose from his groin. By the time he picked out a wallpaper brush with long, soft bristles--it inspired a vivid image of Spock writhing on the bed while Kirk brushed him gently from head to toe--Kirk had an active hard-on. *What the hell is happening to me?* he asked himself plaintively as he hefted a bucket of wallpaper paste into his shopping cart. *I can't seem to stop thinking about Spock, and sex.* Telling himself to stop didn't work. Perversely, his mind read his stern commands to shut down these lustful thoughts about his First Officer as just the opposite. It was as though the floodgates of his subconscious had been opened. All he could think about was making love with his best friend. Kirk decided to take a detour through the garden supplies. *I need to get away from brushes, chains and sanders,* he said to himself with a lopsided mental grin. *Maybe I should look at grass seed and fertilizer for a change--nothing sexy there!* But then his eye caught a large length of garden hose, wrapped tightly around a wooden wheel. He couldn't help himself--an image of Spock wrapped in the hose flashed into his mind, followed by an even more forbidden image of Spock whipping him with a length of the hose. In his imagination, the hose made a pleasant *thud* as it hit his skin and sent a delicious jolt of pain through his overstimulated nerves. Kirk turned and headed resolutely for an aisle filled with grilles for cooking food outdoors. *Nothing here I can use to stroke, caress or tie Spock up with,* he told himself ironically. But it didn't work. He still kept thinking of Spock. Of the two of them together, cooking over a gas grille, a homey domestic scene. Finally Kirk stopped, between the barbecue equipment and the lawn and garden equipment, and admitted the truth to himself. He wanted his First Officer and best friend. His love for Spock was no longer platonic, if it had ever been. He was *in* love with him, wanted to *make* love with him. In the worst way possible. Shit, how was he going to manage when Spock came to visit him in a few days? Kirk groaned aloud, ignoring the concerned stares of the other customers in the aisle. He'd have to use every ounce of command training and iron self-control he possessed. Resolutely, he took his purchases to the check-out aisle and gave the bot his credit chip. ************************** Back at home, Kirk made himself a quick meal and settled down to repair the window. He sawed the pieces of wood to make a new sash and sill, and found the detail sander an efficient working tool. He tried as hard as he could to ignore the sexual stirring aroused by the machine's pleasant throbbing. Soon he had replaced the rotted wood with new, freshly-sanded pine and was readying the area for painting. He worked all the next day on the room, stripping off the old wallpaper and putting up the new. The plumb line came in handy, since the room no longer had any true right angles, if it ever had. He established a comfortable rhythm, cutting off a few lengths of wallpaper, laying them down on the ground, brushing them down with wallpaper paste until they were wet through, then pasting them on the wall and trimming them with a sharp utility knife. His thoughts, meanwhile, established an erotic rhythm of their own. He imagined laying Spock down on the floor, or any other handy surface, and stroking him with the large, soft brush. Sometimes his fantasies included tying Spock up with a chain or a strong rope, or wrapping him tight with the garden hose. Sometimes (and he had to admit these were the most sexually stimulating fantasies of all), he imagined Spock tying *him* up, and beating him (not with his full Vulcan strength, perhaps, but firmly) with the hose. He decided to indulge himself in these fantasies, confident in his ability, honed through command training and long practice, to suppress them once Spock was here in the flesh. *Oh, yes, the flesh,* he yearned, every fiber of his body and soul craving Spock's flesh. By the time he finished papering the room, his fantasies had roamed freely over all the delicious things he imagined Spock doing to him with that large, hefty, spruce-colored cock. By the afternoon of the second day, he had finished papering the room and was admiring his handiwork. On an impulse, he decided to paint a strip of crown molding around the perimeter of the room to match the woodwork around the window. The room looked trim and elegant. He'd had a filling lunch and was feeling pleasantly sleepy, so he decided to lie down in his own room for a brief nap. On an impulse, he picked up the detail sander from where it rested near the window, and retrieved the super-fine, 500-grit sandpaper that lay nearby. *That was a ridiculous thing to buy,* he chided himself. *Way, way too fine to use on a coarse-grained wood like pine.* *But not too fine for human skin,* the thought came to him unwittingly, and he flushed as he remembered he had bought the sandpaper in the first place because he thought it might feel like Spock's tongue. *Look, if I'm gonna indulge myself in fantasy, I might as well go for broke,* Kirk said to himself as he headed into his own bedroom. The bed was rumpled and the comforter askew; he hadn't bothered to make it the last few days That would have to change when Spock arrived, he thought, and found that he didn't mind the idea at all. But in the meantime, he was going to indulge himself a little with this handy toy. Kirk pressed the button that released the retractable sanding head and was rewarded when it sprang into place. He opened the package of sandpaper and folded and tore a small piece of the fine paper to fit the triangular surface. It was adhesive-backed and adhered easily. He turned on the battery-operated sander to its lowest level and savored the soft vibrations. Experimentally, he touched the sandpaper to the underside of his arm and found that, indeed, it did feel rather like being stroked with someone's tongue. A strong and energetic tongue--much as he expected Spock's would be. He removed his pants, lay down on the bed and touched the gently vibrating sander to his inner thigh. The sensations were exquisite, and soon he was writhing in pleasure. He imagined Spock leaning over him, tonguing him there. He held the sanding head along the edge of his groin, then moved it closer and closer to his genitals until it vibrated along the edge of the pouch that held his balls. Delicious. He was hard now, hard as neutronium and wishing that gentle abrasion were really Spock. He loved the heft of the sander, the way it filled his hand, its firm yet springy texture. On an impulse, he retracted the sander head so that the sandpaper attachment was out of the way, turned up the power so that it throbbed harder, brought his legs together and thrust the tool between them a few centimeters below his genitals. He wished it were Spock's big, hard cock nudging its head into the soft flesh of his upper thighs, but the sensation was still wonderfully sexy, and his imagination supplied the rest. He fantasized that Spock was lying on top of him, their chests touching, Spock down a little lower and trying hard to fuck him between the thighs. He squeezed against the sander and felt a hot urge of pleasure when it throbbed against his skin. It was erotic, and he knew he'd come soon enough if he kept this up, but it wasn't quite what he wanted. He opened his legs, turned the sander off and brought the sander up to examine it closer. He wondered if it was waterproof, and what would happen if he put it ... It was a lovely fantasy, but he rejected it reluctantly because the sander had not been made, after all, for such ... applications. Maybe over dinner he'd take it apart, see if it was waterproof, and if not, use his engineering skills to modify it. He turned the sander back on and opened his legs, preparing for another bout of ... stimulation ... The doorbell rang, shattering Kirk's erotic fantasy. He leaped from the bed, pulled his jeans on and rushed to the front door, knowing instinctively whom he would find there. It was Spock. On his doorstep a day early. End of part 2. Part 3 of 3. See disclaimer in part 1. Despite the interruption of his erotic fantasy, Kirk was delighted to see his friend. He hustled him into the kitchen and got him a glass of tea while he listened to Spock's complicated explanation of how he had been forced to change his travel plans to arrive a day before he'd originally planned to. They exchanged pleasantries and caught up on each other's news. Kirk's gentle probing about what had happened on Vulcan elicited only a noncommittal shrug and the laconic statement, "My relationship with my family is unchanged." Kirk hoped against hope that this meant Spock had not yielded to pressure to accept his family's choice of mate, but he'd have to explore that later. Right now he was eager to show Spock his newly decorated room. He picked up Spock's bags and carried them through the door of the second bedroom, waving Spock to follow him. "I fixed up the spare room for you, Spock. I hope it's to your taste." He took Spock's bags to the foot of the bed and turned to face his First Officer with an expectant grin. To his dismay, Spock looked slightly ashen. "Jim, I--" he turned and left the room abruptly. Kirk hurried after him, still carrying Spock's luggage, his disappointment evaporating in a surge of concern. "Spock, what's wrong?" he asked. Spock went to an open window and breathed deeply. "It is nothing, Jim--nothing that will not pass quickly. The room is very much to my taste. However, I believe that you must have used an acrylic-based primer in the areas you painted. I am somewhat sensitive to fresh paints of that type. The reaction will fade when the paint has dried fully." "Ah! Kirk nodded his understanding. "Yes, I just painted the molding along the ceiling. No wonder you reacted." "Yes, that does explain it. Fortunately, it is very much a temporary phenomenon. By tomorrow it should be safe for me to stay in that room." Kirk smiled his relief. "Good. We'll just switch rooms for tonight, then. I'll put your bags in my room and get you a fresh pair of sheets --" He flushed a little in embarrassment as he thought about the condition of the room. Thank God he hadn't come all over the bed when he was fantasizing about having sex with Spock. "Let me," Spock offered, taking the bags from Kirk and heading toward Kirk's bedroom. Kirk grabbed some clean sheets from the linen closet and followed him. When Kirk entered the room Spock was standing stiffly, his back to the door, staring at the bed. As soon as Kirk heard the soft hum, he knew what had gripped Spock's attention. The sander. He had forgotten to turn it off. He moved to stand beside Spock and followed his gaze. The thick spruce tool was writhing around on the bed. The battery-driven motor made it throb and vibrate so that it turned and moved as though it had a life of its own. Quickly Kirk reached down, grabbed the tool and shut it off abruptly. There was a moment of utter silence between them. Kirk struggled for an explanation, but he had the uncanny feeling that Spock could see right through him and knew exactly what he had been doing. "Ah, Spock, this is the sander I used on the window sill and trim," Kirk said awkwardly. Spock nodded and raised a quizzical eyebrow. "Indeed. My curiosity was somewhat ... aroused ... because it bears an uncanny resemblance to certain devices used on Vulcan for a quite different purpose." His light tone and the way his voice lingered over the word "aroused" left little doubt in Kirk's mind what kind of "device" Spock had in mind. With renewed embarrassment he reflected that he had probably been sporting an obvious hard-on since the moment Spock walked in the door. Spock plainly knew what he had been doing in here. Well, two could play at that game. "Hmm, Spock, I don't think I've ever seen one of those Vulcan devices." Spock's eyebrow went up a centimeter or so. "No? I am surprised, Jim, from what I know of your vast ... experience. The device of which I am thinking is designed to resemble the Vulcan ... male organ." Kirk grinned in spite of himself at this frank talk of sex from Spock. "Well, actually, I did think of the resemblance when I bought this thing," he decided it was safe to admit that much, given the way this conversation was going, "because of the color, and the shape and all..." his voice trailed off awkwardly. "Precisely," Spock nodded. "Erotic toys of that size and shape and color are quite common on Vulcan." Kirk was surprised, then emboldened by his First Officer's matter of fact tone. "Spock, do you have one of those ... devices?" Kirk imagined that Spock could read his mind. The Vulcan's face, on the other hand, was opaque. Kirk could not tell what he was thinking. Finally Spock inclined his head in a gesture that was neither a nod nor a shake, neither yes nor no. "Not precisely," he said in tone that said he had considered his answer thoroughly. "I do own a device designed for a similar purpose, but its color and design bears a closer resemblance to a Human organ." Kirk broke into a huge smile of relief. Suddenly Spock's face was no longer opaque but open, inviting. "Logically, I would conclude, Mr. Spock, that you were attracted to that device for the same reason I was drawn to the sander." "I always endeavor to be logical," Spock responded in a lofty tone. "May I assume that you did not purchase the sander exclusively for the purpose of ... sanding?" "No, of course I didn't, you Vulcan mind-reader. I needed a sander, but I chose this one because it made me think of a Vulcan cock. Yours." "Then I trust I do not need to explain to you my own interest in a certain Human organ." Kirk's knees were suddenly weak and he felt as though the blood supply to his legs had moved to his groin. The knowledge that Spock returned his desire made him suddenly, impossibly hard. "Spock, I've been fantasizing about your cock for the last two days," he confessed. "Every moment I spent working on your room, I thought about how much I want you." Spock closed the few steps between them and stood very close to Kirk. "I have had such thoughts about you for a very, very long time," he murmured. "Longer than I am sure I can recount with precision." "Spock, I don't think I can wait a moment longer." Kirk did not try to disguise the yearning in his voice. Spock responded by pulling him into a strong embrace. Their mouths met and clung together for an impossibly long time. Spock's tongue was indeed as strong and sweetly abrasive as Kirk had imagined. They broke apart at last only to explore each other desperately, everywhere their mouths and hands could touch. Kirk pulled Spock's shirt out of his pants and stroked his torso, ran his hands through the hair on his chest, grasped his nipples and caressed his skin hungrily. Spock responded in kind. Soon both men had their hands in each other's pants, grasping buttocks and thighs. Spock was about to reach for Kirk's genitals when Kirk sank to his knees, pulled open the front of Spock's trousers and freed the large, hard, pulsing spruce-colored cock. Kirk's fantasies paled in comparison to the glory of the reality. He filled his mouth with it, grasped Spock's buttocks and pulled them towards him so that the huge organ would go down his throat. He fought off the gag reflex easily; he wanted the taste and feel of Spock in his mouth far too much to be deterred. And Spock felt incredible. The heat, the coppery, musky taste sent Kirk into paroxysms of lust. Kirk contracted his throat muscles around the splendid organ and sucked and sucked until he thought he'd pass out. Spock groaned and gently pulled Kirk's head away from his cock. "Jim, is this how you want me?" he asked in a voice thick with desire. Kirk considered the question thoroughly. He did want to feel Spock shudder and pulse in his mouth, wanted his semen pouring down his throat, wanted to drink and swallow his come until the last drop. But there was something he wanted even more than that this first time. "Spock, I want to come with you inside me." He stood up and pulled Spock toward the bed, pausing to fish a tube of lubricant from a drawer in the nightstand. He handed the lubricant to Spock. Spock took the tube and nodded. His face was flushed with arousal and Kirk could tell that he wanted badly to fulfill Kirk's request. They disengaged each other's clothes with a few economical movements and lay down on the bed, Kirk on his back pulling Spock on top of him. Spock slid down so that his face was in Kirk's groin and began to tongue Kirk's balls with the same strength and energy Kirk had felt only a short time ago from the sander. Kirk could barely stand the pleasure, and when Spock took him in his mouth he moaned in ecstasy: "Spock, Spock." He thrashed back and forth, lifting his hips, wanting this, but wanting Spock inside him even more. As if he'd read his mind, Spock lubricated his ass and his own fingers and thrust a finger, then two and finally three inside him. Kirk sobbed incoherently as Spock began to stroke and massage his prostate gland. Another time, he would love to come like this, with Spock sucking his cock with that incredible strong, hot Vulcan mouth, his fingers doing incredible things to his ass. But right now he craved the blunt feel of Spock's cock inside him, wanted the simplicity of being fucked, and fucked hard. Spock understood. He raised his head, let go of Kirk's cock with his mouth and took his fingers out of his ass but let them linger at the opening. With one hand, he gently pushed Kirk's legs up and back and urged Kirk to clamp his legs over his shoulder. With the other, he continued to stroke Kirk's ass. Kirk was begging for him now. Spock centered his cock at the opening and Kirk gasped as he began the slow slide into him. It was impossible. It was the greatest pleasure he had ever felt. It was perfection. Spock thrust in and out, fucking him hard and deep. Each time the blunt tip of his cock thrust hard against Kirk's prostate, Kirk moaned in ecstasy. Every cell in his body wanted to come, and every cell in his body wanted this to go on forever. The need to come won out, for both of them. Kirk came all over Spock's belly and his own and felt an indescribable satisfaction as Spock gushed deep inside him. They lay silently for a long time, unable to move or speak or do anything but relish the closeness of the other man and the impossible fact that they had finally come together. When they did speak it was to murmur to each other all the other things they wanted to do to each other before this shore leave was over. Kirk shared with Spock some of his ideas about how they might use the other purchases he'd made before Spock's arrival. Spock seemed most interested in the brush, the plumb line, the chain and the garden hose. "I'm glad you have a few kinky fantasies too, Spock," Kirk murmured, his voice light with pleasure and anticipation. "Indeed, I expect that our fantasies will help render the next several days most ... stimulating." "I know they will be. And if we run out of ideas, or equipment, we can always go back to Home Depot for more." And the new lovers dreamed, whispered their fantasies to each other, and drifted off blissfully to sleep. End of story.