The Gift (Star Trek: TOS story by Anna Parrish)

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	The Gift
Author(s):	Anna Parrish
Date(s):	1993
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Gift is a Kirk/Spock story by Anna Parrish.

It was published in the print zine Otherwhere/Otherwhen #3.

Summary

"Spock meets a Kirk from the A/U."

Reactions and Reviews

First person Spock. I think this POV is awkward at its best, and doesn't work that well in this story.

Spock is "jealous." Kirk doesn't seem to have quite enough time for him, and he wants Kirk as a lover. The realistic look Spock is taking at himself for having such an admittedly immature feeling as jealousy, was portrayed very well.

Spock sees desire in Kirk's eyes for McCoy??

They are living in San Francisco; there is a party at Uhura's. A young man, Curtis, looks just like young Kirk. He flirts with Spock, and they leave together to go have sex. "You can even call me Jim." Somehow this man knows. Turns out it is Kirk from an alternate universe, where he always loved his Spock but Spock died in his first pon farr.

I kind of wish Spock had been under the influence of something; I could have better imagined him falling for this illusion. It's a great idea, but was written almost too casually. It could have been more intense: we could have really felt that Spock felt he was with his Kirk, and felt the love the alternate Kirk has for his Spock.

Sad ending, Spock to Gol.