To Each His Own (Star Trek: TOS story by Jean Gabriel)

You may be looking for the very controversial Star Trek: TOS story by Mary L. Schultz & Cheryl Rice called To Each His Own.

Fanfiction
Title:	To Each His Own
Author(s):	Jean Gabriel
Date(s):	1993
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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To Each His Own is a Kirk/Spock story by Jean Gabriel.

It was published in the print zine Counterpoint #9.

Summary

"Kirk is abducted by a Spock of an alternate universe, one in which there is no James Kirk, so that he too can have the bondmate that all the other Spockʼs seem to have."

Reactions and Reviews

1993

It's nice to know that in any universe, etc., etc. This Spock was sufficiently different that I'd like to know a lot more about his motivation. Entering Kirk's mind like that denotes a desperate or unethical man.

1994

An alternate Spock, by means of a special and ancient device, kidnaps Kirk from his own universe, to be Spock's bondmate. It seems that this Spock, after viewing other universes with other Kirks and Spocks, has none for his own. He chooses our Kirk, who has not yet been fully bonded, which makes him available, so to speak.

At a certain point, while explaining the situation to a reluctant Kirk, Spock thinks of the past and how lonely his life has been. This was done in a rather bland narrative style and might have been more interesting if Spock had either told of his memories, or at least actively thought about them. Similarly, this occurred once more when Kirk thought of his Spock.

Nevertheless, this is a nicely dark, mysterious Spock who strongly desires our Kirk. I enjoyed the lots of neat reasons as to why he chose him.

Then there's a wonderfully sexy lovemaking scene as Kirk believes he is fucking his own Spock. But certainly a major suspension of disbelief as Kirk not only thinks nothing of doing it in the alternate's quarters (even if he does think it's his own Spock), but doesn't even question what Spock is doing there.

Small, but confusing: why did Kirk force himself to walk slowly to the bathroom? And just a little "iffy" that Kirk would fight back tears when he sees Spock on the scene of the Tantalus-like device.

I definitely enjoyed the idea that the alternate Spock would eventually end up with his own Kirk. Very imaginative and with a good, solid ending.