The Siren's Call

Fanfiction
Title:	The Siren's Call
Author(s):	hafital
Date(s):	2000
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
External Links:	Archive Link and on AO3
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The Siren's Call is a Kirk/Spock story by hafital.

It was published as part of the first Kirk/Spock Online Festival (KSOF) in 2000, and subsequently in the Festival zine, a selection of the best stories from KSOF 2000 with additional artwork.

Challenge

"First time story in a Romulan prison."

Reactions and Reviews

Comments from the Kirk/Spock Archive

• Very touching.
• WOW, WOW THAT AMAZING IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SENSUAL I WAS STARTING TO GET UPSET WHEN KIRK DIED AGAIN. THEN YOU MADE IT ALL BETTER AND SENT HIM BACK TO THE CABIN AND I WAS HELL YES, MORE KIRK/SPOCK LOVING FOR THEM. YEPPY. XOXOXOXOX
• Amazing! Really, really amazing. A great look at the Nexus that almost excuses the existence of the 7th movie :D I loved the end, it was really really touching. Amazing writing.
• that much trust, that long wait. incredible characters. great read~
• I really enjoyed how you portrayed everything: the Nexus, the time Jim and Spock had with each other etc. I thought the end was really touching, and I loved that Spock trusted Jim enough to go. Amazing story.
• Very interesting and different view of the Nexus through Kirk. Very impressive writing. I'm looking forward to reading more of your stories.

Oh, yes! Another good reason why "Generations" isn't such a bad movie. Well, it's a sucky movie, but it's spawned some really great fanfic.

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After all, if TPTB didn't get Kirk trapped in the Nexus, how could you set up this fab romantic story where Kirk escapes from the Nexus to rescue Spock from the firing squad?

I've always been annoyed that in "Generations" there was no evidence that Spock even cared about Kirk being trapped in the Nexus. After all, Kirk brought Spock back from the dead saying, "You'd do the same for me." Apparently not, but here you have an explanation. Spock really thought Kirk died. He could no longer "feel" Kirk, so he had to believe that he was really gone.

I was intrigued by your description of Kirk working w/ the forces of the Nexus until he could control it enough to travel outside. Interesting that Picard could do it w/out practice, but I think he had Guinan's help. I really liked the fact that Kirk recognized how seductive it was to stay in the Nexus, but decided that it was better to be alone than fantasize being w/ someone who wasn't real. Being w/ a Spock who wasn't real would be a comfort for only a brief time. I thought about Killa's story "Ghost in the Mirror," and how heartbreaking it was that Spock wanted to love Kirk, but when he knew Kirk wasn't real, he realized how foolish it would be.

But wonderful that Kirk figured out *why* Spock appeared on his empty Enterprise. Spock needed him. So, he figured out how to go to Spock.

I don't doubt that when Kirk appeared at Spock's execution that for a moment Spock assumed that he was dead and in heaven. <g>

And those Romulans are not such bad folks after all. Wonderful that they put them in the same cell together.

I loved their conversation. Getting caught up on what Spock had been up to. But it blew me away when Kirk started to get scared that Spock wasn't real, and Spock realized it. I loved that their touching each other grew out of Spock's knowledge that Kirk needed reassurance.

As always, your descriptions of their lovemaking were wonderful! I think I enjoyed the second bout the next day even more than the first time. But both were wonderful. And I enjoyed the conversation where Kirk regretted that they hadn't been physically intimate before. I liked Spock's answer to that. They had always loved each other, but the time wasn't right. The non-physical love of the past led them to this point. I like that better than the idea that they'd always wanted each other, and been afraid to speak.

I really enjoyed Kirk deciding that he was going to rescue Spock and being totally sure he could pull it off even when he didn't have a plan. And darned if he didn't succeed.

The last scene was heartbreaking. I can only imagine how shattering it was for Spock to get on that shuttle and leave Kirk to die alone. He had to trust that Kirk would come back from the dead again to be with him, but how hard that must have been.

Wonderful story, Hafital. Thank you for sharing it w/ us.

Oh Hafital.

[...]

Enough?

Okay here goes.

I read this story last night and I couldn't put it down. I should have turned the lights out and gone to sleep but I found it wasn't possible to just leave in the middle of it.

I can't pinpoint exactly what kind of emotions this story provoked in me. They weren't altogether positive. It felt... eerie when Kirk was in the Nexus and tried to get out, and I wasn't at all positive that he wasn't still *in* the Nexus during the entire story. These doubts left me with an odd feeling.

I thought the scene between Spock and Kirk was perfect, the love/sex scene. No more hesitation and no more procrastinating. They both knew what they wanted and went for it no matter where they were. I thought that was beautiful.

Both of them showed very clearly that the other's health and safety were more important to them than their own lives. This scene really grabbed me and was absolutely wonderful.

"They are still with us, here." He laid his hand on the center of my chest. "And here." He took my hand and laid it over the center of his chest. "Inside." I kept my hand there, over his center. "Did you care for me any less, Jim, all those years ago? Even though we did not share physical intimacy as we have now?"

I shook me head. "I've always cared, Spock. I probably always loved as well, but it was different. I didn't realize. I didn't let myself think because I was too busy with everything else. I couldn't see what was right in front of me. Not just with you, but with everything. Everything."

"Then it wasn't meant to be and you must let it go. The past gifts you with the present, Jim. You can either refute it or accept it."

Sniff.

I've never seen a story which cried out for a sequel more than this one - well.- maybe one or two <G>. I can't help wondering if Kirk will never die though. How will he solve that. And does this mean that Soran actually didn't die either. Could he come back from the Nexus again too <G>

Interesting.... And Picard... Guinan.... What does that mean? Are they all immortal in a sense?

The mind boggles.

Dear Hafital,

I have to make many congrats to you, because you have managed to write something, which I'm calling the true story. It has everything there: the fivering toward the destiny, the breathtaking moment, when the universe stood still, the silent, yet intensive love, the action, the dramatic finale and the unexpected solution.

And the most important: the end which, simultaneously means the beginning.

I thank you very much, for your story was worth to stay awake for so long. I couldn't simply stop in the middle and go sleep.

What a beautiful story. The phrase that kept resounding in my ears as I read this was "There are always possibilites." This story had many possibilities for Kirk. I was glad to see him back in the Nexus, knowing that he would try again. Thank you for this moment!