Fire on the Mountain

Fanfiction
Title:	Fire on the Mountain
Author(s):	Greywolf the Wanderer
Date(s):	1998
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
External Links:	online here
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Fire on the Mountain is a K/S story by Greywolf the Wanderer.

Shelley Butler for Fire on the Mountain

It was published in the print zine Amazing Grace (Special Edition, Best of 'Net K/S Sampler) and is now online.

title page from the zine

Summary

"Kirk and Spock go camping together and find love after Spock is almost hurt in a fall. It started out as just another shore leave, but the deeper into the redwood Big Basin Reserve the campers hiked, the greater the changes when they emerged."

Reactions and Reviews

Unknown Date

the classic hurt/comfort fic. a wonderfully satisfying read, sort of like a very good chocolate-chip cookie.

Kirk and Spock use some shore leave time on Earth to go on a camping trip. A bit heavy on the romance, but very sweet.

1999

Nah. I'm missing something. To say that after their first lovemaking, with the exception of "How do you feel, Jim?", they would go on as if nothing special had happened doesn't feel okay at all. What's even more weird is that even before Spock asked Jim that question, they talk about what they are going to do "hike-wise. I loved that scene in the tent when they come together without too much awkwardness and shyness. And though the vivid description of their surroundings was beautifully done, at some point it completely overshadowed Kirk and Spock, making that the focal point and not what's going on between our two protagonists.

Wow! This is a master story-teller! Beautiful groundwork—the forest (my own favorite place) and the solitude that speaks to you on a level with your soul. And then the love-making. No purple prose, no poetic license, no graphic details (at least not overly so). But boy, does this feel RIGHT....

Such a gripping excursion. Into the wilds of nature, into the unknown of each others arms, into the deep untouched caverns of the mind.

More. I want more. It is nothing short of remarkable the talent with which we K/S believers are blessed.

In some way I can’t define, Greywolf’s style is different—factual, not fanciful. But there is definitely style and most assuredly ability to draw the reader close and hold fast!

2009

This is exactly what I love. This story is so amazing in its thouroughness, from the description of their surroundings to the descrition of their love making. Awesome work you've done here. Bravo.

I really enjoyed your detailed descriptions of everything from Spock's bruises to the beautiful scenery. Very sweet and well written!

What a nice pair of soulmates, I think I'll love them forever (can I keep them? lol). It's not always this nice; sometimes one wants to kill them both. Thank you for this wonderful respite.

You always crack me up with the "puissant & terrible deities" disclaimer... in *their* galaxy, it's all about *product*! :D

GW, oh thank you, thank you, thank you for posting this story on the archive. I read it for the first time a few years ago, and just fell in love with it all over again. I LOL'd at the "mother of all barfights" line, and sighed and ah'd when Jim and Spock made love for the first time in the tent. My favorite part though, is the meld in the grove; you painted a magical picture, made me see their bond in 3D. Please never, ever stop writing--your hurt/comfort makes even the crappiest days seem brighter. ;)