That Looks on Tempests

Fanfiction
Title:	That Looks on Tempests
Author(s):	Vivienne Rivers
Date(s):	1982
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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That Looks on Tempests is a Kirk/Spock story by Vivienne Rivers.

It was published in the print zine The Voice #1.

Series

• Mending Walls
• Pour Deguiser Leurs Pensees
• That Looks on Tempests
• With the Crown Comes this Arrow
• Loyalty Binds Me
• The Road to Hell
• Such Are the Gates of Paradise

Summary

"Kirk goes undercover to get his nephew, Peter, away from a cult that is suspected of dealing drugs."

Reactions and Reviews

Shore leave for Kirk & Spock is interrupted by an urgent call from Starfleet. Kirk's nephew, Peter, has become captive of an obscure religious sect & it is up to Kirk & Spock alone to rescue him. Kirk's pose as a man down on his luck enables him to join the group & Spock subsequently helps both Kirk & Peter to get away from the commune. There is only one snap: the sect keeps its followers by addicting them to a powerful drug called veralkalin & both Kirk & Peter are now addicts. What follows is a harrowing experience for all concerned as Kirk suffers the debilitating effects of withdrawal while Spock supplies the drug to Peter, (Kirk's own order forbids Spock giving him any), during an arduous mountain trek to the nearest city. What disturbed me about this story was Peter's use of the terms "nancy boy", "fag", "fruit" and "queer" and I sincerely hope that terms as insulting & derogatory as these will be archaic & obsolete by the 23rd century. Otherwise the story is enjoyable.