What are Friends For?

Fanfiction
Title:	What are Friends For?
Author(s):	Ann Carver
Date(s):	1985
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
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What are Friends For? is a K/S story by Ann Carver.

It was published in the print zine Daring Attempt #3.

Reactions and Reviews

WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR? by Ann Carver is a very long (28 pages) story which covers far too much ground. We are presented with the established relationship between Kirk and Spock; McCoy's reaction to it; T' Pau's rejection of their request to formally bond; Spock's inability to deal with this and his subsequent fleeing from the situation; Kirk's inability to function after Spock leaves; McCoy' s convincing Spock to return years later; Kirk and Spock's reunion; McCoy's heavy drinking and Kirk and Spock's unorthodox solution to help their friend. It is too much in one story and it is all very rushed. However, I fully enjoyed many ·of the scenes, especially those between Spock and McCoy which, for me, showed a greater depth of emotion than those between Kirk and Spock. This is not the most satisfying story, but it is not the worst story either.

Vulcan refuses to give Spock permission to bond with Kirk. I couldn’t find anywhere how that refusal could’ve had such a debilitating effect on Spock and ultimately threatens his relationship with Kirk. In fact it completely drove them apart—in the flesh at least— not in spirit or heart. In the end they get together again but she has to go through some unrealistic plot to achieve that goal.