Secrets (Star Trek: TOS story by Jo Scott-Ross)

Star Trek TOS Fanfiction
Title:	Secrets
Author(s):	Jo Scott-Ross
Date(s):	1984
Length:
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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Secrets is a Spock/OMC, (later in the series Kirk/Spock) story written by Jo Scott-Ross.

It was published in the print zine As I Do Thee #1.

Series

• Secrets
• When I Was Seventeen
• Starlight on Shadows

Summary

"A seventeen-year old Spock is picked up by a space trader and taken under his wing."

Reactions and Reviews

Two other stories deserve special mention for their unusual theme. "Love Instructor" by A.T. Bush and "Secrets" by Jo Scott-Ross both deal with the extremely controversial issue of teenage sexuality. It took courage to write them, and an equal amount of courage to publish them especially since the position they take in favor of sexual self-determination for adolescents can be misinterpreted. Some readers would complain that these aren't really K/S stories. They both deal primarily with one of our heroes. This is a type of story that was prevalent in the zine, OUT OF BOUNDS. Frankly, I have always liked the unusual aspects that OUT OF BOUNDS stories tended to explore and I am glad to find that kind of tale In AIDT. These stories by AT. Bush and Jo-Scott Ross are both well written...

"Secrets" by Jo Scott Ross suggests that Spock may actually have run away from home rather than, as is more widely accepted, entered Starfleet Academy. In this story he is picked up in a bar by a rough diamond, Thomas O'Shannessy, and rather quickly ends up in bed with him. The only clue we are given as to why Spock has developed a penchant for falling into bed with men is that he was 'persuaded' to do so by the Captain of another freighter. The idea of these being Spock's beginnings is original and both Spock and Thomas are rather engaging. All the same, with only seven pages and the obligatory sex scene, I feel as though I've been sold short. The scope for investigating the psychology of Spock's relationship with his parents that led to all this, and even his own thoughts on his situation would have been enormous and I think with a little more work the author could have produced a really meaty and memorable story.