The Red Fields

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	The Red Fields
Author(s):	Anna Parrish
Date(s):	1993
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Red Fields is a Kirk/Spock story by Anna Parrish.

It was published in Candlelight and Flames #2 as part of a challenge for two others to continue the story. The other two "sequels" are Three Years Later and LlGumba.

Summary

"Kirk is found after being kidnapped and itʼs discovered that part of his memory is gone, including his love for Spock...to the point that he canʼt stand being in Spockʼs presense."

Reactions and Reviews

This is a story opening for a continue-the-story contest. In an established K/S context, Kirk has disappeared and returned without any memory of K/S. Be also has an intense fear of Spock. I thought that this situation had potential for interesting character conflict and psychological development. A Vulcan healer's intervention would have been an easy solution, but Anna eliminated this possibility by saying that Starfleet wouldn't allow it. I'm glad she did this, there are good reasons why a Vulcan healer who isn't part of Fleet shouldn't be permitted access to Kirk's mind. It isn't just a matter of Kirk's knowledge of classified information. In "Whom Gods Destroy", there is a reference to Starfleet conditioning. If Fleet officers are really subject to some sort of mental conditioning, then Fleet command would not want a telepath who isn't part of Starfleet tampering with the minds of their personnel and possibly undoing their conditioning. I did have a slight problem with Kirk fainting because he was shocked by McCoy's description of K/S sex. Victorian ladies faint when they're shocked. I can't envision Kirk fainting for that reason. I just don't find it believable.