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When Acting Captain Kirk saves the day by killing 7,000 humans who mysteriously turned bandit generations ago, it inspires mixed emotions in all who witnessed it. This is a character study of everyone's reactions.
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Chris is a shell of himself after witnessing his alternate future and seeing Marie turn into a statue. Una, who knows how often he's been the victim of illusions in his life, helps him reconnect with reality and begin to grieve.
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Christopher Pike hasn't gone to church in decades. Yesterday, he would've sworn he no longer believed. Today, he instinctively said the Lord's Prayer at his girlfriend's bedside. Tonight, he's wrestling with what that means, and decides to try to sort it out with additional prayers.
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Lullaby and Good Night by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
27 Jul 2025
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Admiral Komack: Do you think you could call me back in fifteen minutes, without a baby on your screen?
Captain Kirk: Absolutely.
Also Captain Kirk: Yeoman Rand, are you any good with kids?
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When Spock is injured and his wife wants to sit with him, Kirk offers to babysit for them. One problem: the baby won't go to sleep, and the captain has a scheduled call from the brass. Oh, and by the way, inquiring minds want to know why his mother has recently adopted a kid of unknown parentage who was born on the Enterprise... It's up to Janice Rand to straighten this out in time for everyone to get some sleep.Series
- Part 3 of Kirk the Space Uncle
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Riker: who will tuck [Wesley] in at night?
Worf: I will accept that responsibility.Worf has looked up bedtime rituals for human children, and is now in Wesley's quarters to fulfill his duty.
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"I think I have it!" *beat* "Sorry!" - Humility Lucas, searching for Captain Nemo's *ahem* knife, while caught in a net
After some accidental contact between Miss Lucas and Captain Nemo, she has a question for her chaperone Loti...and Loti, in turn, has some questions for the captain.
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When Spock had to make an honest woman of his wayward brother's pregnant ex-fiancee, Jim expected to just be the best man. Then the bride invited him to help "break the ice" on their wedding night, and she heard Spock mentally use the word t'hy'la, and the real fun began.
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- Part 2 of Kirk the Space Uncle
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5 Ways James T. Kirk became a Godfather by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
11 Jun 2025
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James T. Kirk is a good neighbor, a good friend, and a good captain. This makes parents assume he'll be a good godfather, too. How often can that possibly come up? Well...read and find out!
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Captain Kirk is everybody's Space Uncle.
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- Part 1 of Kirk the Space Uncle
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5 Times Spock and Ash Didn’t Talk about Her by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)
02 Jun 2025
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After Discovery made its leap, Michael Burnham's loved ones conspired to make sure her name would be forgotten. But you can't forget a sister, or a soulmate, all that easily. So Ash Tyler and Spock stay in touch, and pointedly DON'T talk about her.
(Much.)
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In "Friday's Child," Captain Kirk says ootchie-wootchie-gootchie-goo is, "An obscure Earth dialect, Mr. Spock. If you're curious, consult linguistics." I wanted to see that consultation, so I wrote it. Enjoy!
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In the Mirror Universe, his counterpart keeps Marlena Moreau as a mistress. In this universe, Jim Kirk meets Lt. Marlena Moreau and says he'd like to be friends. This is the story of how Marlena responded to that idea.
(Spoiler alert: she wants to be his friend, biblically.)
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"Why You Should Be Kind to Your Communications Officer," by James T. Kirk by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
24 Mar 2025
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After freeing themselves from the spores' influence, the Enterprise crew faces some communication difficulties. Namely, Uhura burned out the communications array.
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Department Head Meeting, March 2266 by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
05 Mar 2025
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In year 1 of the 5-year mission, the Enterprise crew must deal with an unexpected drain on their computer's resources: holidays.
Written in honor of International Women's Day.
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Time to Think by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Star Trek: Discovery
18 Feb 2025
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After his accident, Christopher Pike has a lot of time on his hands. Time to adjust, time to wallow, and time to wonder: why does it seem like Spock and the Talosians are in contact?
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Some light canon welding to reconcile the Discovery/Strange New Worlds "vision of the future" with Pike's reaction when he first sees Spock in TOS.
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To Alpine Drive, In Force by reader304
Fandoms: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Angel: the Series
12 Feb 2025
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“I get visions from the Powers That Be. And I’ve just had one about you.”
“That is…concerning for a few reasons.”
“Anyway. There’s something evil torturing a group of monks, and if you go to rescue them, big bad things are gonna happen. By the way, you look really good in the lavender maternity shirt you’re gonna wear tonight. I’m jealous.”When it seems like something is after Buffy's mother and/or her unborn daughter, Angel Investigations comes to assist. Riley is not amused.
(This is an AU in which Dawn was sent to Buffy as a daughter rather than a sister. You don't strictly have to read the other entries, but it might help.)
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- Part 2 of Baby Dawn AU
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"Eve will stay, today at least. We want to talk." by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series
06 Feb 2025
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What exactly did Ben Childress, slightly condescending miner who tried to mail-order a bride, and Eve McHuron, who was using the Venus Drug to get a rich husband, talk about after Mudd and Kirk left?
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I try to write a happy ending for characters who are otherwise just sexist tropes packaged in a kooky episode.
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5 People Ash Had to Explain To, and One He Didn't by reader304
Fandoms: Star Trek: Discovery
21 Jan 2025
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Ash Tyler flees Qo'Nos with Voq and L'Rell's son...and then he keeps the baby. Many people wonder how and why he ended up with a Klingon son. This is how he explains it.
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"Should you even be fighting six-on-one in your condition?”
“Condition? What nonsensy stuff are you spewing now, Spike?”Buffy discovers some important news on an otherwise unremarkable night.
(This is set in an AU where Dawn was sent to Buffy as a daughter instead of a sister. You don't need to read the other entries in the series.)
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- Part 1 of Baby Dawn AU
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Once you've been a prisoner of the Talosians, how do you ever know what's real ever again? Well, you can try asking Spock.
Drabble set when Pike and Spock are stranded in an abandoned library during an ion storm in "Ghosts of Illyria." -
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As he confronts the horrors of the Expanse in "Anomaly", Trip tells Malcolm he thinks this might be a one-way mission. This is the rest of that conversation.
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- Part 3 of Seamless Garment