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Closer, by T. Jonesy and Killa, is a Star Trek K/S vid about Pon Farr that asks, What if they hadn't made it to Vulcan in time? It is a constructed reality vid that slowly ratchets up the tension between Spock and Kirk until it culminates in a scene that implies that Spock forces himself onto Kirk while under the madness of Pon Farr.
Closer was shown for the first time at 2003's Shore Leave, a Star Trek convention. It also appeared on the WOAD Society DVD in 2004. Although made and distributed online in 2003, Closer went viral in 2006 and was discussed extensively online as an example of context collapse.
In 2012, the vid was selected by the OTW to be part of its Test Suite of Fair Use Vids before the Library of Congress.