Joseph's Brother

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	Joseph's Brother
Author(s):	Pamela Rose
Date(s):	1983, 1984
Length:
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
External Links:	Parts 1 & 2 on AO3
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Joseph's Brother is a K/S story by Pamela Rose.

It was published in two parts in the print zines Out of Bounds: Overflow and Out of Bounds: Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

Summary

"M/U: After Kodosʼ flees, Kirk is becomes the bedtoy of Captain Garrovick, who makes it possible for Kirk to enter the academy and eventually command the Enterprise."

Reactions and Reviews

What a terrific, imaginative story this Is. it's a sort of mirror/alternate universe hybrid with Captain Garrovick of the ISS Farragut who rescues a 15 year old Kirk in the aftermath of Tarsus IV and Kodos. Garrovick is awestruck by Kirk's beauty (as are all who gaze upon him—but of course he's got beauty and brains!) and so gives him a choice of returning to a terrible life on Earth or coming with him on the starship. Kirk chooses the starship. but the price is Garrovick's bed. But all is not so simple as it might seem—the author developed Garrovick's character so that we see way more than just lusting after a gorgeous Kirk. Garrovick is a product of the ruthless empire which he is a part of, but he's also quite kind and fair. He tries to please Kirk and eventually falls in love with him. There's a poignant scene when Garrovick asks Kirk if he loves him, knowing full well what the answer really is. There's also a wonderful stew of what we saw in the episodes and the pilot with Number One. Captain Pike and Nogura. Later, Kirk is the first officer on the Enterprise with Captain Pike and Science Officer Spock. But this is still the mirror universe and everyone is mean, nasty and ruthless and waiting to move up in rank by assassination. Pike is going downhill fast and the rigors of this universe are weighing on him. When we meet him, he's all liquored and drugged up and is paranoid that Kirk is out to get him. He lures Kirk to his cabin and rapes him in a horrific scene. This brings back memories to Kirk of having been betrayed by his brother Sam (this must be what part one is about) and Kirk cuts Pike's throat (really gross). The story ends (Aaargh! No Part 3!) where Spock is loyal to Kirk. Someone really ought to write a sequel,... Please! This was so good.

I happened to read part two of this story first, but it didn't lessen my enjoyment. This is an A/U mirror universe about how Earth is a decaying, ravaged planet with an emperor who rules this corrupt and chaotic world. The Kirks live here and Jimmy's brother, George, who's morose and hostile, can't get off the planet because there's no opportunities for a biologist and no one wants him. He tells his friend in a bar that Jimmy is going to be able to leave, but not him. The friend has a plan. Their father has died and their mother is an alcoholic, which is a terrific set up. There's all kinds of good details about this world, but they're all too brief as such good ideas need much more—things like their small house was bought by the father who gave his life stopping a rebellion against the Empire and there's no windows since the riots except for a skylight. George is very resentful of his brother because their father gave everything to him and so, in a powerful scene, a drunken George rapes Jimmy. In the morning Jimmy tells George that he'll kill him to which George responds that he's sorry but "what's the big deal, you're not really hurt." It ends up where the friend arranges a deal where Kirk will be sold to Kodos in exchange for George's transportation off the planet. The story ends here with a "to be continued" and I was glad it did.

Well written enough for me to be drawn into the story and left aghast. How awful - to sell your brother into slavery! A craft twist on the biblical story but an awful nightmare to contemplate. Good story, but not for the faint of heart.