Pooka

Fanfiction
Title:	Pooka
Author(s):	D.V. Kenner
Date(s):	1986
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS, K/S
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Pooka is a Star Trek: TOS K/S story by D.V. Kenner. It has a sequel called One Year Later.

It was published in Fantasies.

Summary

"Kirk is in a foul mood with extra crew being trained on board, but Spock uses a demonstration of a new invisibility suit to lift his loverʼs spirits."

Reactions and Reviews

Pooka is a cute little story. It starts with McCoy and Kirk and Spock walking along an Enterprise corridor on their way to a briefing. They're talking about a coffee machine that continually malfunctions, for which the maintenance crew can find no explanation. McCoy suggests that the cause is gremlins, pixies, or perhaps a pooka. He thinks maybe Spock is a pooka! Spock responds "It is not "logical." All this banter is being produced for Kirk's benefit. The captain is overtired because the ship is overstaffed with more than six hundred officially assigned crewmen. The almost non-existent plot doesnt require the kind of support the author supplies here with this information, but it's really interesting to me. Made me think why we haven't had more stories with basic staffing/crew problems before.

Anyway, turns out that Spock really is a pooka of sorts, when he turns up in Kirk's cabin while using a personal invisibility screen that he's developed. I kept wondering why our sharp-witted captain didn't ask himself why Spock was lurking in his quarters watching him undress, take a shower, rub himself down with moisturizing lotion, and then pull out a sex lubricant from a bedside drawer.... But all ends well.

It is driving me crazy that I don't know for sure who the author, D.V. Kenner, is. I believe I can make a good guess from the very imaginative supporting details and yet the very matter-of-fact exposition, but I don't know for sure. If somebody knows, please write and tell me!