The Best is Yet to Come

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	The Best is Yet to Come
Author(s):	Jean Gabriel
Date(s):	1992
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Best is Yet to Come is a Kirk/Spock story by Jean Gabriel.

It was published in the print zine First Time #32.

Summary

"After a conversation while camping in Yosemite, both Kirk and Spock separately come to the realization that they love one another, but each is unsure of the otherʼs feelings."

Reactions and Reviews

Post-STV is not ay idea of an ideal time period for Kirk and Spock to start a relationship, but this story had the characters behaving more maturely (except for Spock's decision to leave Kirk) than in most first timers, so I quickly forgot the unlikelihood of the setting. This story had some nice touches: Spock explaining that for me. Sybok died forty standard years ago: McCoy instantly knowing, upon seeing a complete stranger, that she had been Kirk's evening companion: the freshness of characters Casio and Simpson (I could have used another scene or two with them.) I thought this story a tad long for not having a particularly dramatic climax. I also wasn't very agreeable to Spock not telling Kirk "the whole truth" regarding the death bond. Otherwise, this was a refreshingly mature read and a solid story.