Welcome Home (Star Trek: TOS story)

Fanfiction
Title:	Welcome Home
Author(s):	S.R. Benjamin
Date(s):	1999
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Genre(s):	slash
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Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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Welcome Home is a Kirk/Spock story by S.R. Benjamin. Art is by Chris Soto.

It is a sequel to Officer's Row.

It was published in the print zine First Time #50.

Summary

"Scotty decides to leave the Enterprise after accidentally discovering that Kirk and Spock are lovers."

Reactions and Reviews

Delightful and creative story written in a series of correspondence among Scotty, McCoy and Uhura concerning the sight that had shocked Scotty.

It seems while Scotty was fixing the hull of the Enterprise, he saw Kirk and Spock together. As in : together. The correlation between Scotty’s work and the sexual activity was so hilarious—and how he finishes the job despite his utter amazement and shock.

He wants to transfer, but McCoy and Uhura talk him out of it. It’s so charming and so personal—I was caught up in the situation. Just lovely.

Mixed feelings on this one. Interesting partly “handwritten” format, makes it feel personal, but that format is not continued throughout. First a letter from Scotty to Bones explaining his shock and distress over seeing Kirk and Spock together. Like, really together. I just love the premise that he is doing a spacewalk to repair one of the viewports and sees a whole lot more than he wants to see. This is a wonderful setup, and the love scene is a nice one, but it is pretty much destroyed for this reader by the disgust that Scotty feels. He is totally unaccepting. I much prefer when the crew is happy for their commanding officers. In this scenario, Scotty has left the ship because of it, completely convinced that two guys who love each other cannot work together, cannot lead their crew.

Bones writes a letter back, which isn’t as convincing as I’d have liked, then Uhura tries, but there was never much resolution.

There is a good present tense scene between K & S, that pulls the pieces together.