Paradise Lost (Star Trek: TOS story)

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	The Mechanics of Love and War
Author(s):	Natasha Solten
Date(s):	1991
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Mechanics of Love and War is a Kirk/Spock story by Natasha Solten.

It was published in the print zine The 25th Year.

Series

• The New Captain
• Fire-Dare
• Mercy
• Side Trip
• Cocoon
• A Room Without Windows
• When the Circus Was Over
• Paradise Lost (Star Trek: TOS story)
• Darker Spirit
• Blue Symmetry
• Pandora's Box
• The Mechanics of Love and War
• Coffee
• Hovering
• The Stars of Home
• The 23rd Year: The Eulogy
• The 24th Year: Talismans in the Night
• The 25th Year: Days of Future Passed

Summary

"Spockʼs help in getting Kirk over Miramaneeʼs death brings the bondmates closer."

Reactions and Reviews

'Paradise Lost' by Natasha Solten is also one of my favorite stories in the zine. With Natasha‘s usual light, poetic hand, we watch as Kirk must move forward after the loss of Miramanee and his unborn child. Again, the subject of life and death looms over the K/S relationship. Spock questions why he couldn‘t tell if Kirk was alive or dead, why he hadn‘t been able to feel Kirk through their bond. A lovely, sweet story that addresses subjects that are anything but lovely or sweet.