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Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
07 Feb 2024
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"One might arguably say it is not fully logical to care whether I cannot return to Vulcan because it no longer exists or because it is separated from me permanently in five-dimensional space.”
“No, I think I get it,” said Jim. “Like, I haven’t gone back to the old house in Iowa in years, but I do like knowing it’s there. If my mom sold it and it got knocked down, it would make a difference to me.”
The ambassador nodded. “Likewise, even in four-dimensional space, we are separated from the things we have lost only by distance—by the fact that we cannot easily travel along the timeline.” He marked out a section of his timeline, then a dot further back in the bottom timeline—Jim’s timeline. “My marriage is here. I am here, in a different timeline and at a different time. But my marriage exists. It is a figure in four-dimensional space which will continue to exist, in that sense, eternally. So long as the timeline does not collapse, it is a permanent part of history. So although I do not have my spouse with me, I know that he existed. That somewhere, in a time and a dimension I cannot go, we are meeting for the first time. That somewhere, I am asleep in his arms.”
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18 Feb 2026
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Bones tries to put his Starfleet-mandated diversity training into practice--and it blows up in his face.
An attempt to put a better context on the way Bones talks to Spock.
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11 Feb 2026
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on a crooked little trajectory by tothewillofthepeople
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek
31 Dec 2024
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“We were wrong about the pollen from Cetus II not affecting him,” Bones says in an undertone. “He didn’t get his senses tangled up like the others, though. It targeted his psionic abilities.”
or, Spock's telepathy gets screwed up on an away mission. Laying hands on his crewmates to train his senses back to normal is the only cure. Jim is happy to help—even if there are some feelings he'd rather keep to himself.
Awarded silver in the 2025 Philon Awards!
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10 Feb 2026
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to be far from the stars by tothewillofthepeople
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
10 Mar 2025
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Spock has made a grievous error. He has rebuffed and rebuked Jim’s friendship—worse, his very nature—at every turn since Jim’s ascendancy to captain of the Enterprise. And now that Jim has withdrawn, now that Jim has given up, Spock has finally realized the value of what was being offered.
A 2025 Philon Award nominee!
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09 Feb 2026
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Kirk is working at Starfleet's Department for Interplanetary Affairs, when he'd rather be in the stars. But he takes comfort from texting with his online chess buddy.
Spock was born to be a prince, but his speech impediment makes it impossible to fit into his father's plans for him. Only in writing does he show his true self.
But when they meet in person, not knowing each other's online identities...they could hardly get along worse.
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09 Feb 2026
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single Vulcan in possession of a Starfleet commission must be in want of a spouse.
Due to a series of bad decisions and bad luck, the Kirk family is stuck on Vulcan for the foreseeable future. Jim Kirk longs to join Starfleet, but circumstances have gotten in his way. Winona's solution is simple: just marry your way to your dreams.
Jim isn't planning on that. Especially given Spock is the worst, most stuck-up, unbearable sample of a Vulcan one might ever encounter. But even Spock isn't immune to a pair of fine hazel eyes...
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07 Feb 2026
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How hard can it be? by Moreta1848
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)
25 Feb 2024
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They've defeated V'Ger, saved the Earth, and finally confessed their feelings for each other. Everything is going great.
And then Spock's ten-year-old niece shows up on the doorstep, demanding to be taught the Vulcan way.
Neither of them has ever raised a child before. But she seems pretty well-behaved. How hard can it be?
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- Part 1 of Saavik Bites
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06 Feb 2026
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A tall ship and a star to steer her by by Moreta1848
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
23 Oct 2024
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Napoleon is at war with England, oceans have become battlefields, and James T. Kirk has just taken command of the HMS Enterprise.
But who is the mysterious first mate with the strange ears, who never smiles?
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06 Feb 2026
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A shuttle crash leaves Spock, Sulu and Chekov adrift on a deserted ocean world. As Chekov fights for his life and Sulu tries desperately to save him, Spock reflects on the strong bond that exists between the two men and starts to wonder what it is he’s really afraid of in his friendship with Kirk…
Originally published in the KiScon 2012 zine. Massive thanks to T'Lara, beta reader extraordinaire, and arminaa for editing and compiling that incredibly beautiful zine.
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02 Feb 2026
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Where it Stops, Nobody Knows by WerewolvesAreReal
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
31 Mar 2014
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Spock wonders, sometimes, if perhaps there is nothing at all he can do to fix time. If the loop will continue forever, or if perhaps in a million days the timeline will abruptly flow again, smooth and flawless, while he remains mad
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02 Feb 2026
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McCoy isn't too crazy about the Vulcan first officer on his new posting, the starship Enterprise, and has no hope of understanding him. Especially since the idiot has been dodging his mandatory physical for four months. "That's almost impressive," says Jim.
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01 Feb 2026
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Give Thy Thoughts No Tongue by WerewolvesAreReal
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
25 May 2024
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Spock gets captured on a mission. He returns acting strange, refusing to speak about what happened. Everyone considers this a sign of severe trauma.
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01 Feb 2026
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After safely stowing their doctor in Sickbay, despite protests, Jim and Spock deal with what happened with the Vians, and what may well happen again in future.
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29 Jan 2026
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As Far as Possible, Do Not Kill by WerewolvesAreReal
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
01 Dec 2024
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During an emergency situation, a man Spock’s fighting falls dead with no discernible cause. Slowly he comes to believe he may have developed eshak, the killing gift.
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26 Jan 2026
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Spock and Captain Kirk have crash-landed on a class L planet. With the shuttlecraft out of commission and their signal unable to penetrate the atmosphere, they must navigate frigid temperatures and unexpected dangers as they climb to higher altitudes: their only chance of getting their distress signal sent. But Spock's feelings toward the Captain prove to be somewhat of a distraction...
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22 Jan 2026
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'Mirror Mirror' follow-up, set immediately after 'Journey to Babel'.
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12 Jan 2026
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In the aftermath of The Conscience of the King, Kirk is doing all he can to cope with painful memories.
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- Part 18 of TOS Gen One-shots
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11 Jan 2026
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Five Times Spock Leaned Something New About Leonard McCoy ... by PSW
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
21 Mar 2018
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... and one time he reminded McCoy of those things about himself.
(Yes, it's a five-and-one. I know there are a billion of those out there ... but I wanted to do one too. So I did. ;-)
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08 Jan 2026
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McCoy's transport is destroyed in what appears to be a containment field explosion, leaving no known survivors. The truth, however, is not so simple as that ...
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08 Jan 2026
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James Kirk is a lonely, unfulfilled farmer. Spock is the alien that lands in his cornfield. When faced with a choice between hitting Spock with a shovel or inviting him in for coffee, Jim picks coffee.
A very soft modern-day AU.
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03 Jan 2026