Second Chance (Star Trek: TOS story by Jean Gabriel)

Fanfiction
Title:	Second Chance
Author(s):	Jean Gabriel
Date(s):	1990
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Second Chance is a Kirk/Spock story by Jean Gabriel.

It was published in the print zine Within the Mirror #4.

Summary

"Kirk and Spock go to Vulcan to witness a Warrior bonding but something in Kirkʼs past gets in the way."

Reactions and Reviews

1990

At first I thought this was going to be a story of jealousy, but it turned out to be much more than that, given the spying and Kirk's changing attitude toward the Rebellion. The only thing I was left wondering was how Spock could so easily trust Kirk after having just learned of the betrayal by Jeffrey -- I tend to think he'd be wary of humans after that -- but I suppose the link helped a great deal. The love scene was wonderful. It's been a while since I've read a story with such a slow, tender sex scene, and it was a perfect ending to a competently-written story.

1992

When Kirk is being a beast and Spock takes another "lover, I always feel... "Good for him!" Yet I'm always relieved when they get together where they belong. This was made a mirror story by adding the rebellion, otherwise it could have been a standard story just as easily. Satisfying reading.