[There's a long moment he spends in the middle of the street, staring at him. He ignores the people jostling him, making angry words at having to go around him, of dragging carts up onto sidewalks, take them at sharp angles, because he won't move. He just fixes his gaze straight ahead at Thor, and feels the bottom of his stomach drop out.
There's an absurd moment in the white noise of his mind, where he thinks that maybe everything he's ever known was a lie. Like his mother just told him his father died in an explosion and was crazy enough to convince the rest of the world it was true- When really, George Kirk ran off into the wilderness of some planet and became some weird, tree hugging armour wearing hippie-
Okay, probably not, but it's not like he isn't completely aware of what his father looks like, he's seen holovids, other things. Knows from the way his mother has treated him, from the way after he hit a certain age she stopped looking directly at him, that he resembles his father greatly.
He steps forward, thinks of how to get his attention that isn't completely crazy, that isn't...]
Dad?
[Yeah, okay, so much for that plan. Tries again, stumbles over everything] I mean- Are you-
yes good
There's an absurd moment in the white noise of his mind, where he thinks that maybe everything he's ever known was a lie. Like his mother just told him his father died in an explosion and was crazy enough to convince the rest of the world it was true- When really, George Kirk ran off into the wilderness of some planet and became some weird, tree hugging armour wearing hippie-
Okay, probably not, but it's not like he isn't completely aware of what his father looks like, he's seen holovids, other things. Knows from the way his mother has treated him, from the way after he hit a certain age she stopped looking directly at him, that he resembles his father greatly.
He steps forward, thinks of how to get his attention that isn't completely crazy, that isn't...]
Dad?
[Yeah, okay, so much for that plan. Tries again, stumbles over everything] I mean- Are you-
...Who are you?
[Fucking smooth, Kirk]