Debt of Honour (Star Trek: TOS story by Indra)
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| K/S Fanfiction | |
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| Title: | Debt of Honour |
| Author(s): | Indra |
| Date(s): | 1984 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Star Trek: The Original Series |
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Debt of Honour is a Kirk/Spock story by Indra.
It was published in the print zine Duet #8.
It is a sequel to A Question of Honour by Jane Jones, from Duet #6. It also incorporates ideas from Indra's "The Hunt" in T'hy'La.
Summary
Kirk is surprised to find that the peace envoy from Romulus is the Romulan commander who saved his and Spockʼs life by allowing them to escape from their Klingon captors.
Reactions and Reviews
Unknown Date
The elder of a pair of Romulan warrior bondmates aboard the Enterprise is growing weak from a tumor. Since Romulans don't believe in doctors, he falsely accuses his mate of infidelity with Kirk to break his bond, which he hopes will save his lover. The mate, however, enters a death trance instead. McCoy saves the elder Romulan against his will, and Kirk saves the younger by mind-meld. The basic story is an interesting enough conflict of cultures, but the execution is rather tedious and smarmy, diverting endlessly to sex scenes that don't quite fit the tale. [1]
1984
'Debt of Honour' at 41 pages is one of the longest stories in the zine. The Enterprise is scheduled to transport Romulan Diplomats to Babel for peace talks. When they materialise, Kirk realises that he and Spock know and are known to the Romulan Commander and his bondmate. (Their meeting being the subject of the previous story.) The story is concerned with the differing nature of male bonding between the Vulcans and the Romulans. I enjoyed this story. On one level it has an interesting story line with plenty of action and in addition, it gives an insight into the working of the K/S relationship. The story displays a depth and warmth between Kirk and Spock which is often lacking. I also prefer an established relationship rather than a first time therefore the story appealed on that level also. [2]
References
- ^ from Karen Halliday’s Zindex
- ^ from Communicator #15 (Jan 1984)