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Endless Circle by pantswarrior (NC-17)
All right, this will be my last post driving the van for Star Trek. I had a great time, earthquakes and hurricanes notwithstanding, and I hope you guys have enjoyed the stories I highlighted.
Fandom: STAR TREK: REBOOT
Pairing: Kirk/Spock Prime, Kirk/Spock, implied Kirk Prime/Spock Prime
Length: 11k
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read:
For my final rec, I have a story that never fails to make me appreciate what Reboot has done for the Star Trek universe. It hasn't just rejuvenated the fandom -- it's started the cycle all over again, in ways that are new but don't reject the old.
In this story, for Spock Prime's last pon farr, he decides that since the universe has decided to give him the priceless gift of reuniting him with (a) Jim Kirk, he can at least ask Jim to grant him a final favor.
This fic deals with end of life issues, and it is sad -- but it's also very uplifting. Spock Prime is at the end of his journey, but Kirk and Spock are at the beginnings of theirs, and Spock Prime can find comfort in that. The love never dies, even when people do.
But he didn't elaborate further, and Jim grew more curious. "What's going on? I mean, you know you can talk to me about anything - you weren't even this bad when you explained what pon farr was."
"Actually," Spock began, and now he looked distinctly uncomfortable, "that was what I wished to discuss."
Jim frowned. Spock - by which he meant his own universe's Spock, the one that was currently off exposing plants and soil to various wavelengths of light - hadn't been acting funny lately. Which was a good thing, because as he understood it, pon farr was supposed to be a seven year cycle, and it had only been five years.
...Well, for that Spock.
"Ohhhhh." He thought he understood now. "I take it you're - damn, I haven't had to ask anyone if they were 'overdue' since high school," he muttered. "But-"
He stopped there, because following parallel lines of logic, he thought he'd just answered his own question.
Jim cocked his head. "...Wait. Are you trying to ask if... uh..." Though he was all too comfortable with proposing absolutely filthy things to the other Spock, the most he could manage was a finger, pointing nervously from himself to the monitor and back again. Talking to this Spock was kind of like talking to somebody's grandfather. A grandfather who gave excellent sex tips - Spock had been really surprised when Jim knew exactly where to put his fingers without even being told - but still. He couldn't actually ask the guy something like that.
"I will make other arrangements if you decline," Spock told him, "so do not feel you are obligated. Saying no does not condemn me to death."
"Well... that's good, at least." Jim would have kind of been on the spot there.
Endless Circle
Fandom: STAR TREK: REBOOT
Pairing: Kirk/Spock Prime, Kirk/Spock, implied Kirk Prime/Spock Prime
Length: 11k
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read:
For my final rec, I have a story that never fails to make me appreciate what Reboot has done for the Star Trek universe. It hasn't just rejuvenated the fandom -- it's started the cycle all over again, in ways that are new but don't reject the old.
In this story, for Spock Prime's last pon farr, he decides that since the universe has decided to give him the priceless gift of reuniting him with (a) Jim Kirk, he can at least ask Jim to grant him a final favor.
This fic deals with end of life issues, and it is sad -- but it's also very uplifting. Spock Prime is at the end of his journey, but Kirk and Spock are at the beginnings of theirs, and Spock Prime can find comfort in that. The love never dies, even when people do.
But he didn't elaborate further, and Jim grew more curious. "What's going on? I mean, you know you can talk to me about anything - you weren't even this bad when you explained what pon farr was."
"Actually," Spock began, and now he looked distinctly uncomfortable, "that was what I wished to discuss."
Jim frowned. Spock - by which he meant his own universe's Spock, the one that was currently off exposing plants and soil to various wavelengths of light - hadn't been acting funny lately. Which was a good thing, because as he understood it, pon farr was supposed to be a seven year cycle, and it had only been five years.
...Well, for that Spock.
"Ohhhhh." He thought he understood now. "I take it you're - damn, I haven't had to ask anyone if they were 'overdue' since high school," he muttered. "But-"
He stopped there, because following parallel lines of logic, he thought he'd just answered his own question.
Jim cocked his head. "...Wait. Are you trying to ask if... uh..." Though he was all too comfortable with proposing absolutely filthy things to the other Spock, the most he could manage was a finger, pointing nervously from himself to the monitor and back again. Talking to this Spock was kind of like talking to somebody's grandfather. A grandfather who gave excellent sex tips - Spock had been really surprised when Jim knew exactly where to put his fingers without even being told - but still. He couldn't actually ask the guy something like that.
"I will make other arrangements if you decline," Spock told him, "so do not feel you are obligated. Saying no does not condemn me to death."
"Well... that's good, at least." Jim would have kind of been on the spot there.
Endless Circle