The Body's Treason

Fanfiction
Title:	The Body's Treason
Author(s):	Judith Gran
Date(s):	1983
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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The Body's Treason is a Kirk/Spock story by Judith Gran. It was her first fanfiction.

It was published in the print zine Matter/Antimatter #3/4.

"The Body's Treason" is part one and This Dialogue of One is part two. These stories postulate that Spock did not go straight to Gol after leaving Kirk and the Enterprise: the first is from Kirk's point of view, the second from Spock's.

Summary

"Kirk and Spock are lovers but when Spockʼs pon farr draws near, Spock returns to Vulcan to take a bride rather than risk killing Kirk in a male-to-male bonding."

Reactions and Reviews

1984

Kirk recounts that Spock and he entered into a serial relationship, Spock believing that a counter-agent to pon farr was in the pipe-line. It doesn't materialize but pon farr does; Spock will not subject Kirk to this, fearing that he may kill him as a potential rival, or inflict other mental damage on one or the other of them. He seeks a bondmate on Vulcan - T'Val.

2001

Spock is gone. And Kirk's alone in his and Lori's apartment, reflecting on all he's lost. The focus of his life at the moment is a tape from Spock that he wants to see without being interrupted—not for the first time. To savor the Vulcan's words.

I could have done with less rhetoric about Vulcan research on pon farr and more thoughtful insight by Kirk, but it was at the root of the plot. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for plot This story was written matter-of-factly rather than dramatically, yet it carried a distinct undertone of danger and mystery. Spock refused to bond with Kirk because of the dangers of his approaching insanity and fled to Vulcan, leaving Kirk in his present predicament: lonely and unable to find a way out of this personal no-win situation. Even Vice-Admiral Ciani is not the answer.

Unfortunately, the end bringsno resolution. Thistruly is a lose-lose proposition. Spock is in a cold marriage, Kirk is in a joyless one. In his ramblings, Kirk confesses a hollow feeling. It is one the reader shares. Oh, had it only been the first chapter in a continuing saga....

This detailed accounting of Spock's reason for leaving at the end of the Five Year Mission remains excellent after many readings. Different in that it is from Kirk's 1st person point of view, it also provides one of the more plausible analyses for the favored explanation that Pon Farr is the root of the decision. Flashbacks into their life together keep itfrom being just a narrative. The love between the men is clearly defined, as is their anguish when they accept the fact that there are some things that are simply not subject to our control. Pon Farr is quite violent, especially between males, and only 7% are known to have survived. Risk is not only for Kirk as the recipient of Spock's lust, which Kirk is willing to accept. Spock, too, faces the probability of permanent brain damage if things go wrong. Both, then, must make the sacrifice and allow Spock to take a Vulcan bride and live the remainder of his life without feeling the touch of his lover. They can be friends, Spock has assured, but this has not yet happened. At this point Kirk is simply facing the fact that he can no longer have Spock. He can and does love him, but their lives must be lived apart from one another. Sad. Very sad. Now is when I go pull out my tape of the first movie and assure myself that Spock does, indeed return.