The Spaces Between - Prologue
Fandom: Star Trek TOS
Pairing: Kirk/Spock, AU!Kirk/AU!Spock, slight Kirk/AU!Spock
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Weeks after the events of The Voyage Home, Spock is still piecing together his memories, unaware of the relationship that once existed between him and Kirk. Kirk, for his part, is determined to suffer in silence, but when a Spock from an alternate universe appears, still reeling from the loss of his own James Kirk, all their lives are thrown into chaos.
Words: ~300/14900
Warnings: Consent issues
Notes: Written for ksbigbang; art by akai_miko is here. Thanks to museaway for the beta.
Spock makes a few final adjustments to his device, then steps back. That's it. He's finished. Months of work, of sleepless nights and constant interruptions from well-meaning friends, has finally paid off. All that remains is to test it.
As has become custom over the past months, he reaches mentally for the remnants of the bond in his mind. The answering burst of pain and grief is, by now, expected, but it still takes effort not to gasp. He has become quite adept at pushing down the pain while he works, but that just means it comes back twice as strong when he stops.
Shaking his head, he rechecks the settings on the device, then picks it up and leaves his laboratory, intending to test it right away.
It is dark when he exits the building. Spock blinks. It was light when he entered, but he has lost count of how many days ago that was. Shrugging it off, he hurries in the direction of the nearest transporter station.
He is still, technically, a member of Starfleet, and so it is not difficult to convince the bored-looking transporter technician to beam him wherever he wishes. Spock gives him the co-ordinates of Kirk's mother's farmhouse in Iowa. If Spock's calibrations are correct, it will not matter what co-ordinates the transporter is set to; if they are not, he will arrive in an empty house, Winona being currently off-planet visiting her grandson.
He checks the settings one last time, steps into the transporter, and flicks the switch. The transporter tech begins the beaming process, and Spock suppress a rush of nerves. He has piled his hopes on this for so long, he does not know how he will cope if it fails.
He closes his eyes, and disappears.
Next
Pairing: Kirk/Spock, AU!Kirk/AU!Spock, slight Kirk/AU!Spock
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Weeks after the events of The Voyage Home, Spock is still piecing together his memories, unaware of the relationship that once existed between him and Kirk. Kirk, for his part, is determined to suffer in silence, but when a Spock from an alternate universe appears, still reeling from the loss of his own James Kirk, all their lives are thrown into chaos.
Words: ~300/14900
Warnings: Consent issues
Notes: Written for ksbigbang; art by akai_miko is here. Thanks to museaway for the beta.
Spock makes a few final adjustments to his device, then steps back. That's it. He's finished. Months of work, of sleepless nights and constant interruptions from well-meaning friends, has finally paid off. All that remains is to test it.
As has become custom over the past months, he reaches mentally for the remnants of the bond in his mind. The answering burst of pain and grief is, by now, expected, but it still takes effort not to gasp. He has become quite adept at pushing down the pain while he works, but that just means it comes back twice as strong when he stops.
Shaking his head, he rechecks the settings on the device, then picks it up and leaves his laboratory, intending to test it right away.
It is dark when he exits the building. Spock blinks. It was light when he entered, but he has lost count of how many days ago that was. Shrugging it off, he hurries in the direction of the nearest transporter station.
He is still, technically, a member of Starfleet, and so it is not difficult to convince the bored-looking transporter technician to beam him wherever he wishes. Spock gives him the co-ordinates of Kirk's mother's farmhouse in Iowa. If Spock's calibrations are correct, it will not matter what co-ordinates the transporter is set to; if they are not, he will arrive in an empty house, Winona being currently off-planet visiting her grandson.
He checks the settings one last time, steps into the transporter, and flicks the switch. The transporter tech begins the beaming process, and Spock suppress a rush of nerves. He has piled his hopes on this for so long, he does not know how he will cope if it fails.
He closes his eyes, and disappears.
Next