The Merry-Go-Round

Fanfiction
Title:	The Merry-Go-Round
Author(s):	Telana Wells
Date(s):	1989
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Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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The Merry-Go-Round is a Kirk/Spock story by Telana Wells.

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art by SBL

It was published in the print zine First Time #23.

Summary

"Kirk, Spock and McCoy go to a carnival when on shoreleave and Kirk and Spock find themselves growing ever closer,unaware that the crew think they are lovers"

Reactions and Reviews

1989

Very sweet and gentle, and progresses very slowly as seems right for two such private men. The writing was very smooth and there were some very nice descriptions: explaining love, Kirk says, "it's a warm, deep feeling inside, and an ache when you're away from the object of that love. It's a need to protect and cherish." I really like that — and agree with it. All in all, a very nice read.

2000

There are many ways to tell a love story. This one has Kirk, Spock & McCoy at an old-fashioned amusement park and presents a Spock who is eager to ride all manner of contraptions because he soon learns centrifugal force pushes him tightly against his Captain. Nice, huh? Kirk picks up a bug from all the cotton candy and local food, which leaves the vacationers in their room for a couple of days. There are so many small moments of putting one's significant other before one's self. This author weaves a very compatible relationship that is growing by the moment.

For once, McCoy is ahead of himself—rather than the last to know, he sees the love blossoming before even Kirk & Spock acknowledge it. There is a bit of angst when Kirk finds out what McCoy is thinking and is shocked beyond words. There follows a very meaningful discussion between the two friends and a bit of predictable misunderstanding. But not too much.

All in all it's a very well rounded and well written story—one worth reading slowly so as to miss nothing it has to offer.