Zelda_Bird
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This story takes place years after Khan, formerly known as Harold Erickson, was defeated by the crew of the Enterprise. Everyone who was on the bridge that fateful day is older now… and wiser too—or at least Admiral Kirk would like to believe that’s the case. It’s been years since they served together, but as fate would have it: Admiral Kirk, Captain Spock, and Dr. McCoy are back together again on the Enterprise to assist with what should have been a straightforward training mission.
What follows is a story about grief and what grief can drive a man to do. It is also a story about the innate human curiosity which compels us to engage in the act of creation—creating something out of nothing, life from lifelessness—no matter the cost. It’s about crossing a boundary that was never meant to be crossed, and the hubris of playing God—even when our actions are borne out of love and the best of intentions.
This is a direct sequel to my earlier story, Running Out of Steam, which is a Stephen King AU reimagining of the TOS episode Space Seed. I recommend reading that one first unless you enjoy being really, really confused…in which case, who am I to yuck your yum, I guess. I’m not the boss of you.
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The Cave: A Universal Constant Depicted in Diptych by Zelda_Bird for Jelliedlimes
Fandoms: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
16 Jul 2025
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In the Prime and Mirror universes, Spock risks life and limb to rescue his captain, who is being held captive deep underground. These two versions of Spock go on parallel journeys, never intersecting, but each in their own way demonstrating the love between Kirk and Spock as a universal constant that transcends the many points of divergence between their respective realities.
Please note that the Mirror Universe version of this story contains graphic depictions of violence and powerplay which may be disturbing to some readers. If this is not your cup of tea, you can skip the first three chapters and go straight to the Prime Universe version, which is far fluffier and tamer.
Written for the Spirk in a Cave event and gifted to jelliedlimes because this was originally inspired by their prompt about “hiding injuries in the mirror universe” aka “a horse that doesn’t want to be put down.”
It started there, but then I wrote the same story in the prime universe and paired them together because I’m extra like that.
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The Survivor's Guide to Hungry Ghosts by Zelda_Bird
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek
01 Jun 2025
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In the Immunity Syndrome, Spock telepathically experienced the collective shock and terror of 400 Vulcans as they died. And yet, in the Kelvin Timeline, Spock experienced no telepathic backlash whatsoever when 6 billion Vulcans were wiped out of existence along with their home planet. This story, set in the TOS universe, reimagines the destruction of Vulcan and the far-reaching repercussions this kind of loss might have.
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McCoy pays Spock a visit after the events of Galileo 7 to offer a grudging apology. It turns out they have more in common than either of them suspected.
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In which Kirk and Spock have an important conversation following the events of The Tholian Web. New truths are revealed, and Kirk learns a few new words in Vulcan. This story is a prompt fill for K/S Advent Calendar 2024.
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The Wrath of Harold: Star Trek/Stephen King AU by Zelda_Bird
Fandom: Star Trek, Star Trek: The Original Series
26 Sep 2025
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This is a collection of Star Trek stories in which the antagonists are written in the style of Stephen King. The Star Trek characters and the universe itself are otherwise canonical.
Now you might be asking, “why Harold”? In the original script for Space Seed, the character we came to know as Khan Noonian-Singh was instead a Nordic man named “Harold Erickson.”
This fact, along with Stephen King’s prodigious oeuvre, inspired this alternate universe in which Kirk, Spock, Bones, and the rest of the Enterprise crew face off against shining vampires, a telepath named Harold, a traumatized telekinetic prom queen, and other unimaginable horrors.
The first story takes the place of the TOS episode Space Seed. The sequel includes The Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock.
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He tosses his head back and forth to meet the face of his attacker, but is met only with more of the same crushing darkness.
Friendship, he thinks aloud in every language he knows. Alliance! Peace. No harm. No harm! I am here to help.
The attacker shakes him forcefully until he allows his body to go limp.
And finally, it responds.
‘No.. harm…?’ It is a hissing, creaky voice nearby. Liar. You say ‘no harm?’ The voice moves closer. I know that you have come here to kill me.
The hot breath, the slicing edge of the voice along his neck, makes every hair on his body stand up.
No kill. No harm. I am Spock. I am here to help.
You fool. He is startled by another dizzying hit across his burning face, and he gasps as the sting spreads down his neck. You useless Son of the Light. No harm? The harm is already done. There is no help for me.
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09 Oct 2025
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Spock does not fuck a rock, but it’s a mind fuck nonetheless.
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Kolinahr Crimes by Kimberius
Fandoms: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Original Series (Movies)
14 Sep 2023
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A lecherous monk telepathically abuses Spock by exploiting his sexual thoughts about Jim while he is undergoing Kolinahr training in Gol.
When Spock falls ill with an unexplained paralysis, he’s transported to a hospital in Shi’Kahr where Dr. M’Benga now works. Unable to move or speak, Spock learns to trust the staff priest who counsels him to embrace his love for Jim.
Light years away, Captain Kirk is commanding a 2nd five-year mission on the Enterprise. During a diplomatic stop at Eminiar VII, he and Bones learn of Spock’s paralysis and work to find a cure.
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“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.” ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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14 Dec 2023
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A beautiful gol fix it in which Jim runs to Spock’s aid after he is stricken with a mysterious malady that leaves him paralyzed. This is the fic where Uhura and Chekov engage in shenanigans to amuse Spock and wind up on the Vulcan news.
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The captain is dying of oxygen deprivation on a barren planet. Unable to save him, Spock mind melds with him for comfort, only to find that Jim’s hypoxic mind is already comforting itself with beautiful fantasies… of Spock as his lover and bondmate.
Will they have the courage to turn Jim’s dream into reality after they are rescued and the captain has recovered?
Hint: Yes, they will… following many pages of angsty introspection, self-doubt, intimate conversations, and mind melding. ;-)
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18 Dec 2023
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Spock sees Jim’s mental library of Spirk porn while he is asphyxiating and is ok with it (the porn, not the asphyxiation) so he does the logical thing here. Very sweet Gol fix it.
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It’s the final six months of their original five-year mission and Kirk is badly injured in a cave-in, requiring an 11-day stay in the medical clinic on Starbase 4. McCoy and Spock are at his side, while the crew enjoys the base’s shore leave opportunities.
Comfortable but bedridden, Kirk has time to reflect and scrutinize his decisions over the past 4½ years. Dozens of TOS episodes are referenced. Kirk’s neighbor in the med clinic, a telepath, learns of Spock’s plan to undergo Kolinahr and spills the beans to Kirk. Jim confronts Spock about it and learns what Spock really wants: a t’hy’la bond with him.
During a series of earnest conversations and intimate, late-night melds to discover if their minds are compatible, Jim and Spock slowly reveal their innermost selves and acknowledge a deep love for one another.
The story spans only two weeks, but there are lots of references to the past and future. Story is canon compliant with the episodes, but not with the movies, since Spock never goes to Gol.
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19 Dec 2023
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Jim is injured in a cave in, necessitating an 11 day stay at a star base for nerve regeneration. In those 11 days, Deanna Troi’s ancestor fixes literally everything that ever happened or ever will happen in the TOS universe.
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Kirk and Spock are tasked with bringing down an arm of the Orion Syndicate. This mission requires them to go deeply undercover--Jim as a slave trader, Spock as a slave. Only a few key higher-ups in the Federation are in on the plot. In order to get the entire galaxy to believe they're serious, Jim sells Spock into slavery and goes rogue as a slave runner with the core of his crew.
Before they part, Spock establishes a link between his mind and Jim's, so at least they won't be alone in their own personal hells, and can coordinate their plans. Nevertheless, their new roles push them both to their limits. On their quest for personal and intergalactic freedom, the crew discovers just what they are capable of, and Kirk and Spock learn how much they mean to each other.
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Heads up, both our boys go into some DARK places! But this isn't a "sex slavery" fic. It's more like epic romance adventure with 1 graphic SA.This fic was originally on the K/S Archive. It's complete, and I'm just transfering it to AO3 chapter by chapter.
Bookmarked by Zelda_Bird
14 Oct 2024
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Jim and Spock go undercover to bring down the Orion Syndicate slave trade. This is the one where Jim loses an eye and Bones adopts a random kid to keep his sanity.