Seven Years Later

Fanfiction
Title:	Seven Years Later
Author(s):	Gena Moretti
Date(s):	1990
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Six Weeks is a Kirk/Spock story by Gena Moretti.

It was published in the print zine Between Friends.

See some comments about this story at Some Fan Comments: Gena Moretti's Star Trek Fic.

Summary

"Kirk and Spock are reunited with the now young boys they cared for so many years before."

Reactions and Reviews

1988

SIX WEEKS and SEVEN YEARS LATER are two linked stories. In the first. Kirk and Spock, expecting 6 weeks alone together on a survey, find themselves caring for two small babies, one Vulcan, one Human, without any suitable supplies or provisions. This is a charming story, which despite my best (or worst) intentions I found myself enjoying - I can't help but think they would find it rather more stressfull than shown, though. The second story has Kirk and Spock encountering their foster children seven years later, and becoming part of their lives, concluding with the two boys bonding with Vulcan women. The K/S relationship is part of the background, but is not stressed. The stories will appeal to anyone who likes the idea of Kirk and Spock having children, and presents a believable way for them to become involved in paternal relationships.

1990

In this sequel to "Six Weeks" we find that Kirk and Spock continue to have psychic connection with the children they parented. This is a wonderful concept. I was also delighted by Kirk's intervention to prevent his Vulcan foster son from entering into an arrangement marriage, and by the fact that the entire new generation of Vulcans were resisting these arranged marriages. What the author is describing here is the beginnings of a revolution to bring about changes in Vulcan society that are nore in accordance with IDIC. IDIC is a dominant theme throughout the story. The K/S relationship embodies IDIC, and their relationship with their foster sons embodies IDIC. As these children grow into young men, they remain friends, despite the differences in their personalities and in their lives. This too embodies IDIC. I really liked the unusual Vulcan woman who became the romantic involvement for Spock's human foster son, thought I was disappointed by the emphasis on her virginity. It was culturally appropriate, I suppose, but I felt that it diminished her. She had seemed so marvelously unconventional until the virginity theme entered her story, and took over her character. Yet this is really my only complaint about what is otherwise a heartwarming and strikingly original story.

2007

‘Seven Years Later’ This is a much longer story, or perhaps it seems so because of the content, and chronology.

Attending a conference with Jim on earth Spock is accosted by a small blond boy in a San Francisco hotel lobby, who informs him that he is Jonathon. At Spock’s look of incomprehension Jonathon shows him a battered photograph of the Captain and himself with the two rescued babies. Overjoyed to see ‘his’ little human again Spock sits down with the boy and his parents and explains why he did not keep any contact with the family after they were rescued, he did not want to come between the boy and his father. He does however, seek and receive permission to have the boy for a holiday with himself and Jim.

Kirk when informed of Jonathon’s presence suddenly realises that ‘his baby’ a Vulcan must be about to undertake his Khas-Wan, and then be bonded! He is panic struck. They must go to Vulcan to stop the ceremony, halt the bonding. Jonathon’s parents agree that Jonathon can accompany the two men – to us at the moment a really weird state of affairs, letting your only child go on holiday with two men you hardly know!

Spock agrees that indeed they should go to Vulcan, but sits Kirk down and speaks to him very plainly and formally. The Vulcan boy has been training for, and looking forward to this event, for over a year, he would be devastated and humiliated to be stopped from participating. Kirk can ask permission to witness the boy’s Khas-Wan, and then later ask permission to speak to the boy’s father formally regarding the bonding. With Sarek’s help they discover that Jim’s little Vulcan is called Sabor.

Kirk is successful in delaying Sabor’s bonding, the Vulcan father also appreciating the decision to keep out of his son’s life so as not to divide Sabor’s loyalties, and the four keep up an erratic but constant contact until the two boys are grown and studying at the Vulcan Science Academy. At 21 Jon has had many girlfriends and enjoys a healthy sex life, Sabor is still alone, until one day he spills his salad all over a young woman and is instantly smitten. She too is unbonded and the pair to Jon’s amusement meet to walk in the desert. He doesn’t find it so funny though when he too meets an unbonded woman and finds that the desert is the only place for preliminary courting. Later when he makes love to his lady he finds the one big drawback of a Vulcan lover, they are so much stronger than humans, but hopes that with practice she will learn as Spock has done to temper her strength.

These were two stories which were perfect for an invalid diet, gentle, humorous, easy to read and with a happy ending, but with some delightful insights along the way. Do read them if you can, you won’t be disappointed.

2009

Seven Year Later (which should have been titled Seven Years and Later) the guys are beginning a two month leave on Earth when Jonathan, Spock‘s human baby, convinces his parents to take him to meet Spock. Neither man has had any contact with the kids since beaming back aboard. The guys had spent so much skin- on-skin time carrying and caring for their babies that both feared links may have formed that might interfere with the tot‘s relationship with their parents. Well, Jon and his parents have a normal, loving relationship but a link has formed. Jonathan is almost obsessed with Spock. With his parents help, he has been collecting all of the information about the Enterprise they could find for years and both parents and child are upset that Spock, in apparent disinterest, has never contacted them. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The air is quickly cleared, Jon crawls into Spock‘s lap, grabs a handful of chest hair (read Six Weeks) and promptly falls asleep. Jonathan obviously has memories. After an inspired exchange between Spock & Jon‘s parents, including the revelation that Jim and Spock are married and some implications of bonding, the parents agree to let Jon spend a few weeks with them. Jim‘s first delighted conversation with Jon causes him to suddenly realize that his little Vulcan baby is seven - and that means kahs-wan and betrothal. He‘s afraid for his little guy. Spock is able to convince him that Vulcan boys look forward to kahs-wan but Jim still wants to be there and with Sarek‘s mediation, Spock‘s tutelage in Vulcan manners and Jon in tow, persuades Sabor‘s parents to let him choose his own mate in his own time. Sabor, too, was imprinted by his surrogate father, still laughs and smiles in private and he and his parents are disturbed that Jim never communicated with him. Over the next fourteen years the boys become fast friends, keep close contact with the guys even taking a yearly vacation together when possible and eventually become college roommates on Vulcan. The author transparently conveys that more than a parental link has been transferred. Sabor could easily be Spock‘s biological son and Jon has the wickedly charismatic personality often associated with young Jim Kirk but it is in the selection of their life partners and desire to experience the same quality and depth of relationship as their second fathers that it becomes clear how profoundly the boys have been affected by their second fathers.