Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Star Trek TOS Fanfiction
Title:	Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Author(s):	Jill T.
Date(s):	1984
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Genre:	het
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name is a Star Trek: TOS story by Jill T..

It was published in the print zine Duet #8.

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Spock is planning to go off and die in pon farr again, as he is drawn only to Kirk, who could not survive even if willing. However, they encounter the Romulan Commander, who comes up with a solution to both save Spock and let Kirk accept his feelings. Points for added touches of alien physiology, and nice dialogue between Spock's Vulcan and Human sides.

1984

The longest story in the zine at 45 pages is 'Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name' by Jill T., this is a "first timer". Spock in the first stage of pon farr is attracted to Kirk, "but feeling that he cannot expect Jim to suffer, has decided that he will leave the ship. This plan is changed with the appearance of the Romulan Commander and her offer of help. The plot is intricate and the medical detail that mean our two heroes get what they both want in the end, are well thought out. My first reaction to this story was "Oh not again" having read a Kirk/Spock/Romulan Commander story in "T'hy'la 3' however I considered this story to be at least Trek and the Sex, at least, had some point to it.