Wings (Star Trek: TOS story)

K/S Fanfiction
Title:	Wings
Author(s):	Charlotte Frost
Date(s):	1988
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Genre:	slash
Fandom:	Star Trek: The Original Series
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Wings is a K/S story by Charlotte Frost.

It was published in Charisma #3.

Summary

"Kirk is missing on a distant mining planet; the only evidence he's left behind is a pile of clothes (Captain's uniform) beside a turbulent river."

From the Author

What I remember about this is an editor taking out an ill Kirk coughing up phlegm. “Gross,” she said. Well… yeah.

Reactions and Reviews

So they still have colds in the 23rd Century! I can believe it, I guess. Kirk's being hidden and Spock's finding him was also quite believable. But the way they decide to become lovers is a little too cerebral for my taste— to much talking. On the other hand, the slow, non-sexual beginning to the expanded relationship is handled very nicely.

The bit about the underwear was great - funny, true (sigh), and such a "common" touch! Kirk's imprisonment - just being left, all cold and naked and chained up-showed more callousness on the part of the miners than if they had actively tortured him. And he ends up with a cold of all things! The part where Kirk was telling Spock what he'd been afraid of when the miners insisted he undress was what most anyone would think - and I appreciated very much that the obvious conclusion is not what happened. Kirk and Spock's realization-of-love conversation was very gentle and loving, and I really liked the ending - that though sex was yet to come, simple physical closeness show love, too.