If Bulkheads Could Speak

Fanfiction
Title:	If Bulkheads Could Speak
Author(s):	Susan Peacock
Date(s):	1989
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS/Star Trek: TNG
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If Bulkheads Could Speak is a Kirk/Spock and Picard/Riker story by Susan Peacock.

It was published in the print zine Scattered Stars #1.

Summary

"Riker convinces Picard to publicly acknowledge their love by playing a logtape recorded by Captain Kirk telling of his first night with Spock as his lover."

Reactions and Reviews

1990

I got a big kick out of it! Of course Picard and Ryker [sic] belong together just like Kirk and Spock. The Enterprise wouldn't have it any other way. I never really thought of Picard or Ryker as sexy until I read this story — now I feel they're very natural together. Very sexy little vignette!

1992

Picard and Riker are lovers and find an old personal log from Captain Kirk. This story only has four pages, but it's really great. I'm no fan of ST:TNG and I've never thought of them in such a way, but I like it. The best part of the story was the beginning: Susan speaks only of the "Captain" and "First Officer" -- well, I thought it was Kirk and Spock. Can you imagine my surprise when I read the names "Jean-Luc" and "Riker."