Sequel to "Future Bliss." Two years later, the pon farr finally catches up with them.

Kirk nearly turns a simple trade mission into a diplomatic incident. Luckily, Spock will do a lot to cover his captain's ass.

Jim quickly figures out he has to break the rules if he’s going to survive on the Enterprise.

Um. Erotic asphyxiation?

slightly cleaned up (grammatically speaking) and expanded from a snippet written for [info]st_xi_kink to [info]ifyouweremine's fabulous prompt: "The crew is on an important diplomatic mission to try to get a resource-rich planet to join the Federation. The problem is, the king there is a collector of the "rare and beautiful" and is entirely too interested in Spock (who, as a half-Vulcan, is very, very rare). Kirk isn't happy about this."

Spock requests shore leave in the Orion sector to find some old friends, and takes Kirk and Uhura with him.

“Commander Spock, we have located your son,” the Vulcan lady on the screen says, which would be great, except Jim can tell by the look on Spock’s face that he’s never heard of this kid before in his life. “If it is expedient, the child will be sent to join you on the Enterprise within the week.”

AU: Spock was raised on Earth with no Vulcan influence in his life.

When Spock left Starfleet after the encounter with Nero, Jim thought he'd lost his chance at their supposedly destined friendship. Upon returning to Earth after the Enterprise's first five-year mission, he discovers that Spock lost far more. Jim's willing to fight for the bright future they were promised, but the one thing standing in its way is Spock himself.

Pretty Woman Human redux. Hooker!Kirk.

Vulcan hands are erogenous zones, right? Jim can't keep his fingers out of his mouth. Nailbiting, fingertip-chewing, knuckle-biting, just plain sucking on one absently... it seems like every time Spock turns around, the Captain is doing the Vulcan equivalent of a strip show. Either Spock shows Jim exactly how those little things can be so hot, or Jim treats Spock's hand like his own with all the biting and nibbling and sucking that entails.

Between what was and what will be stands James Tiberius Kirk, in all his fractured patchwork glory. Because saving the Federation was only the beginning.

Winona is called to fix the cock-up of the Yorktown's engines. She uses one of the science-bitches to help her do it. & This is not exactly what Jim thought the 'exploring strange new worlds and exotic civilizations' was about. Also, Vulcans are kind of crazy. Jim and Spock go through a alien ritual, which, yes, changes everything -- he's hoping for the better. Spock just wants to get through this with his sanity, if not his dignity, mostly intact.

"Commander Spock, we have located your son," the Vulcan lady on the screen says, which would be great, except Jim can tell by the look on Spock's face that he's never heard of this kid before in his life. "If it is expedient, the child will be sent to join you on the Enterprise within the week."

Turns out Jim Kirk's more than meets the eye, genetically speaking. There are a lot of consequences, mostly for Spock and his sanity.

You were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles and my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet" and I was crying on a staircase, begging you, "Please don't go."

Turns out Jim Kirk's more than meets the eye, genetically speaking. There are a lot of consequences, mostly for Spock and his sanity.