A Particular Pain
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| Star Trek TOS Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | A Particular Pain |
| Author(s): | Djinn |
| Date(s): | 2002 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | het |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| External Links: | A Particular Pain on Djinn's Lair at Archive of Our Own |
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A Particular Pain is a Kirk/Chapel story by Djinn.
It was nominated for a 2002 ASC Award.
Series
- Like We Never Had a Broken Heart
- A Particular Pain
- Living in Ashes
- Claiming Happiness
Reactions and Reviews
I don't know that I can put a finger on exactly what it was about this story that got to me. All I know is that I found myself reading and re-reading this story obsessively, that I wanted to immerse myself in this world. It would be embarrassing in fact to reveal how many times I read it. So I won't It's one thing to write a Kirk/Chapel story. It's another to write a sequel and convince us that they could really work together as a couple--not that Djinn makes it easy on them. This is set during and right after the events of STTMP so this time the couple has to deal with the havoc Spock's re-entry in their lives creates. And if you think this couple could be a hard sell--well a lot of the fun of this story is in seeing exactly how their friends and crewmates head spin at this development. Of course a lot of the fun also comes in reading some very hot love scenes But a great deal of what I love in those scenes is not just how it steams up the computer screen--it's how these are not just PWP interludes but scenes that further develop the characters and their relationship--in one case the very way they make love leading to a painful but very necessary discussion between the couple. I love the way Djinn writes Kirk in particular with lines I can just hear him saying and there are some truly lovely moments throughout like when Chapel feels that in taking her hand Kirk's saving her from going over a precipice. I know one feedbacker anyway that mentioned that two stories makes a series. I certainly hope that's true. I certainly would love to see this couple again and again in Djinn’s hands.[1]
A nice follow-up to "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart", Djinn seems determined to prove some of us wrong in our contention that K/Cha *can't* work for more than just a brief fling. And you know what? She more or less pulls it off! [2]
Wow...It's ST:TMP, but not boring this time around. The unlikely, but working out so well, pairing of Kirk/Chapel makes it's second appearance in this alternate-Carterverse. Per usual, it's dark & angsty, but the dialogue sparkles. Extra snaps for keeping the continuity of the first movie. What stood out to me the most was how the story featured many of the original eight crew members, and made each one memorable. No "cameo" appearances in this story. What also struck me were the friendships between the characters; and how fragile they can be. No one is on a pedastel in this story, but they still remain the characters we love.[3]
Djinn continues her excellent Kirk/Chapel series here, with the reappearance of Kirk's ex to complicate things -- Spock, of course. Plenty of raw emotions and tormented lovers here. Hot sex and great angst -- what more could a reader want? [4]
References
- ^ Rabble Rouser at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Kirk Pairing, March 2003
- ^ Rocky at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Kirk Pairing, March 2003
- ^ Kath at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Kirk Pairing, March 2003
- ^ Ventura33 at This is the Digest from 2002 for the Category of: Kirk Pairing, March 2003