Follow-up to Dear Spock and Dear James. The five year mission is a go. Jim is trying to figure out how to be Spock’s first officer and husband while dealing with the lasting consequences of nearly dying. Spock tries to figure out how to give Jim what he needs while balancing his responsibilities as captain. Sulu is trying to figure out how to be a good dad to Demora and partner to Ben light years from both. Leonard and Nyota are trying to figure out how to raise a preteen in space with enough baggage to fill the ship. No one knows quite what they're doing. However, they are the best crew in Starfleet, which essentially means they’ll just make it up as they go. A collection of letters, emails and other written correspondence from the first year of Enterprise’s five-year mission.

Leonard McCoy has never met greater defeat.  He could not save Jim Kirk, and he knows he cannot save Spock.  But he made a promise...

Kirk's senior officers plan a small celebration to honor his birthday. Along the way, Uhura explains birthdays to Spock, and Kirk is touched by how much his officers value him.

Written in honor of William Shatner's 90th birthday.