Home (Star Trek: TOS story by Natasha Solten)

Fanfiction
Title:	Home
Author(s):	Natasha Solten
Date(s):	1992
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Home is a K/S story by Natasha Solten.

It was published in Charisma #14.

Summary

Sequel to the gen story "The Friendship Gift" by the same author in More Missions, More Myths #18. After living for ten years with the Metrons, Kirk goes back to Earth when Spock's wife dies.

Reactions and Reviews

1992

I usually have trouble with stories that have long passages of time between brief scenes, but this had such a warm, cozy aura about it that I didn't mind. It was a worthwhile vignette, even without having read the prequel. I could have used a more meaningful ending other than the basic 'finally, they screwed', but the warmth of this piece made me wish (not for the first time) that Natasha would give up her other endeavors and concentrate solely on writing K/S stories. Her writing is a bright spot in a jaded fandom.

The best thing I can say about this sequel is that it strongly influences me to read the original story, "The Friendship Gift". I loved the Hetron philosophy of sex. People who truly believe that sex is sacred wouldn't hide it. They wouid display it in public as the Hetrons do. I have some minor criticisms of Spock's dialogue. I realise that he's spent many years on Earth, but unless there's something I should know in "The Friendship Gift" this doesn't mean that Spock has given up his Vulcan identity. I thought the most dreadfully inappropriate phrase in Spock's dialogue was "miracle workers". Miracles are unexplained events that are said to occur with divine intervention. I don't beiieve that post-Reform Vulcans accept the existence of divinities, and they usually can find explanations for events. If Spock had gone on to say why he was using such a phrase, I would have found it more acceptable.