When Dreams Come True

Fanfiction
Title:	When Dreams Come True
Author(s):	Pamela Rose
Date(s):	1981
Length:
Genre(s):	slash
Fandom(s):	Star Trek: TOS
Relationship(s):	Kirk/Spock
External Links:	Online here
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When Dreams Come True is a K/S story by Pamela Rose.

It was published in the print zine Out of Bounds.

It has a sequel called Second Chance.

Summary

"A/U: Spock's jealousy of Kirk's former lovers causes him to go through the Guardian to become Kirk's first love."

Reactions and Reviews

1982

... an 'alternative universe' form.. 'When Dreams Come True' by Pamela Rose has Spock getting his wish to be the first sexual encounter of the young Kirk...

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Overall, I recommend this zine. The stories are of a high standard, it's basically a fun-read. However, and it's a big however -- I do have strong doubts about the subject matter of some of the stories. 'When Dreams Come True' and 'Alterations' have K/S sex with, a younger Kirk of the past. If this is a trend from which K/S is going to develop I am very dubious for the future. The theme could become sickening if continued.

1993

The very first story of the first zine (title? Spock goes back in time to make Kirk have him as his first lover and fucks up their whole universe) has stayed with me for years. The format had a lot in common with Manacles/Oblique zines: little or no art, no poetry, high quality printing. It was before easy two-column printing had hit most of us, but there was very little waste. The series was helped by the huge quantity of Pam Rose stories; she has been good for a long time! Her Out of Bounds, Old Friend is one of the first novels I gave someone who 'just doesn't believe the premise' for a long time. Lots of other good stories too, and just (if not *more*) important, not many bad stories.

1994

Finally got my hands on this 1981 zine thanks to Bill Hupe. (Send for his used zine list. There's some great, hard-to-get zines on it.) I had been looking for it for a long time. It's very interesting to look back now and see how K/S was written back at 'the time of the beginning'. "WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE" is a story that perhaps might not find a sympathetic zine publisher today. The Enterprise has drawn the assignment of delivering scientists to the planet of the Guardian of Forever. The ship orbits above, and Kirk and Spock have become lovers. After making love, Kirk tells Spock about his first sexual encounter, and Spock feeling jealous, wishes silently and painfully that he could have been Kirk's first lover as Kirk had been for him. That night he dreams he goes back in time and fulfills his wish. Of course, you're way ahead of me here, and the dream becomes reality. He has been sleepwalking, walked right through the Guardian and back into Kirk's youth at a pivotal moment in the future captain's life. I really don't want to give any more of the plot away except to say that nothing turns out as Spock expects it to.

1998

When I read the first story “When Dreams Come True”, I didn’t know it was a prequel to the next story, “Second Chance”. Actually, they should not have been separate and when I got to the end of “Second Chance” I realized it still hadn’t ended! This felt extremely frustrating and as I neared the story’s end, I thought this might happen, but I was so hoping it wouldn’t.

Well, it did.

So I put my faith in all those who know - all and see - all of K/S to tell me that there’s a sequel. Please let there be a sequel [to both of these stories]. Please.

Because these stories were so good, so involving, so exciting, so unusual, so everything wonderful in K/S, I fall down and cry if this is all there is. Okay, I won’t fall down, but I will cry! Pulleeze!

Also, I was going to do the “Classic Corner” style by telling all of the plot along with my impressions, but in this case, things are so surprising and I want all of you to read this (see disclaimer above) — so I will hold back some important plot developments in consideration.

So here’s the story.

After the Edith/Guardian of Forever episode, Kirk and Spock are bonded. They are lying in blissful repose when Kirk tells Spock about his very first sexual encounter with a girl. He was in Iowa, he was just sixteen, she was twenty, and he was madly in love with her. Spock feels intensely jealous and wishes he could have been Kirk’s first. This desire becomes the pivotal point of the whole story.

They go to sleep. Spock then wakes up lying on a road in Iowa right outside of the Kirk family farmhouse. He believes it to be a dream, so he decides he wants to experience it since he wouldn’t be able to in real life. He’s a bit puzzled that it seems so real, but he goes along with it anyway.

Kirk’s mother greets him and thinks he’s a friend of Sam’s who’s here to tutor Kirk for the Starfleet entrance exams. She is totally against Kirk going into Starfleet at all because Kirk’s father had been killed while in the service. Also, Kirk had just endured traumatic events with Kodos on Tarsus IV when he was there for “cadet testing”. I really liked this explanation of why Kirk was on Tarsus at such a young age and then why he’s back home in Iowa.

Days pass and Spock teaches Kirk while they are outside by the lake. Spock still thinks it’s a dream— after all, time sense is often altered when dreaming.

There’s a wonderful scene — another that turns out to be pivotal — where Kirk talks to Spock about facing what happened to him on Tarsus. He questions what he would have done instead of Kodos in similar circumstances and how Kodos helped to kill his self- confidence.

Spock tells him he could be a starship captain, but Kirk denies it. Spock says: “...the fact that you have doubts is what makes me so certain you are capable of bearing those responsibilities some day. You see, Kodos had no doubts. That is the difference. The fact that you will question your decisions every step of the way is not a liability, it is a necessity. But always remember, Jim, you can question your decisions—but never doubt yourself.” I quote this part because it becomes very important to the events in this story.

Then he kisses him! What a neat scene — Kirk wipes his mouth with the back of his hand in complete shock. The next day, Kirk has left. Spock is consumed with guilt for having kissed Kirk and for all the things he said to him. He feels he’s changed Kirk’s life and self-image. All this will eventually impact both their lives.

Suddenly, Spock wakes up. (I see that there’s about ½ page to go. My heart sinks.) He’s on the Enterprise, but there’s no James Kirk there, it’s commanded by Captain Finney! He doesn’t know how it happened, but something he did altered the timeline. (The story ends, but thank goodness there’s the sequel story!)

[See this fan's related remarks that followed this review at Second Chance.]