The Rematch

Fanfiction
Title:	“The Rematch”
Author(s):	Karin Porter
Date(s):	07/1997
Length:	16 p.
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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The Rematch is a Kirk/Spock story by Karin Porter.

It was published in the print zine T'hy'la #18.

It is a sequel, written with the author's permission, to A Brief Encounter.

Summary

“Kirk and Spock become reacquainted and build on the brief encounter they experienced preceding Kirkʼs taking command of the Enterprise.”

Reactions and Reviews

1997

I loved the naturalness of Kirk’s desire for Spock when Kirk assumes command of the Enterprise in the beginning of this story. Evidently they had met before and had been attracted to each other.

I enjoyed their first conversation together in Kirk’s cabin—the electricity between them as they discuss the facilities, playing chess and all with a wonderful sexual tension. And even though it happened rather abruptly, I liked the naturalness of their kiss.

A nice scene with them playing chess with the crew looking on. Kirk tells Spock that the more they are together in public, the better because then people will be used to seeing them together. Which is logical, but then what wasn’t so logical was they decide to have a semi- committed relationship. They’ll be with each other exclusively when they’re on the Enterprise and sleep with others when they’re off. I don’t know.

Then lots of time passes—Edith, Ruth and then, Leila. Lengthy passages of time without either an in- depth look or any reason don’t seem to help a story. But when it picks up where Kirk is on the ship while Spock is with Leila, there’s a really good scene with Spock about Kirk’s jealousy.

Then again, too many things happen that are only summarized—the entire events of “Amok Time” and then, a good scene when they say how they felt about what happened. They are partially linked and have not yet had actual intercourse and Spock wants to. Their conversation was done well.

Instead of staying with that subject, the story goes to the events of “Journey To Babel”. But it’s almost a summary of the episode with not too much insight or depth. Except at the very end, Spock can’t come out of his healing trance without Kirk’s help. This idea is terrific, but it could be another entire story and here it all happens in just a paragraph or two.

But this author has lots of fine ideas for Kirk and Spock, maybe if we’d see just one explored more fully.